Simulation Engineer Jobs

Simulation engineer jobs focus on building high-quality virtual environments that accelerate development of robotics and autonomy systems. These roles typically include simulator platform work, environment authoring, synthetic scenario generation, and integration with testing pipelines. Hiring teams often use Isaac Sim, Gazebo, Omniverse, or custom tooling to validate performance before expensive real-world runs. You may partner with perception, controls, and planning groups to improve simulator realism and coverage against production edge cases. The best candidates combine software infrastructure strengths with practical understanding of robot behavior, sensor physics, and experiment design. If you want to make simulation a central multiplier for engineering velocity and system reliability, this page surfaces simulation-engineer-specific opportunities instead of broader platform listings.

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Mind Robotics logo

Software Engineer, Edge & Field Systems

Mind Robotics

Normal, IL, USA Onsite 1w ago
Simulation Gazebo Isaac Sim Real-Time Systems
Amazon Robotics logo

Senior Applied Scientist, Navigation

Amazon Robotics

$192k - $260k
San Francisco, CA, USA 1w ago
Motion Planning SLAM Sensor Fusion Control Theory Path Planning
General Intuition logo

Applied Robotics Engineer

General Intuition

Washington DC Onsite 1w ago
Python Simulation Sensor Fusion PyTorch Real-Time Systems
FieldAI logo

Research / Software Engineer - Humanoid Whole Body Learning

FieldAI

Boston, MA, USA Onsite 1w ago
Simulation Reinforcement Learning Isaac Sim
Bedrock Robotics logo

2027 Internship Simulation Engineer, Neural Rendering

Bedrock Robotics

San Francisco, CA, USA Onsite 1w ago
Python Simulation PyTorch CUDA Isaac Sim
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Senior Technical Animator / Character TD

Antioch

New York City (in-person), San Francisco (in-person), or New Zealand (remote) Remote 1w ago
Python Simulation Isaac Sim Unreal Engine Real-Time Systems
Antioch logo

Senior Technical Artist

Antioch

New York City (in-person), San Francisco (in-person), or New Zealand (remote) Remote 1w ago
Python Simulation Isaac Sim Unreal Engine LiDAR
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Controls Engineer - Actuation

Apptronik

Austin, TX, USA 1w ago
C++ Python Embedded Systems Real-Time Systems
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Senior Software Engineer, ML Infrastructure

Apptronik

Austin, TX, USA 1w ago
Python Simulation Docker
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Senior Application Engineer - Customer Experience

Apptronik

$165k - $190k
Sunnyvale, CA, USA 1w ago
ROS Simulation Motion Planning Gazebo Isaac Sim
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Staff Test Engineer - Actuators

Apptronik

Austin, TX, USA 1w ago
Python Embedded Systems
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2027 Summer Intern, MS/PhD, Machine Learning, Simulator Evaluation

Waymo

$70/hr
Mountain View, CA, USA 1w ago
Python Simulation Deep Learning Autonomous Driving
Waymo logo

2027 Summer Intern, MS/PhD, Machine Learning Engineer - Simulator Realism Evaluation

Waymo

$70/hr
San Francisco, CA, USA 1w ago
C++ Python Simulation Deep Learning Autonomous Driving
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Internship, Robot Learning Research

Humanoid

London, United Kingdom Onsite 1w ago
Python Simulation Reinforcement Learning PyTorch Isaac Sim
REVEL Robotics logo

Junior Robotics Control Engineer

REVEL Robotics

Prague, Czechia Onsite 1w ago
ROS C++ Python ROS2 Control Theory
Shield AI logo

Senior V-BAT Air Vehicle Operator, Demonstration (R5505)

Shield AI

Dallas, TX, USA Onsite 1w ago
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Principal Machine Learning Engineer GAIA

Wayve

London, United Kingdom 1w ago
Simulation PyTorch
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Simulation, Sim to Real (Internship Program)

FieldAI

Irvine, CA, USA Onsite 1w ago
C++ Python Simulation ROS2 Gazebo
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Simulation Engineer

Helsing

Munich - Berlin - London - Paris - Warsaw - Tallinn 2w ago
Simulation Unity Real-Time Systems
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Software Engineer - Simulation

Applied Intuition

Ann Arbor, MI, USA Onsite 2w ago
C++ Python Simulation Real-Time Systems
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What robotics simulation teams hire for

Simulation roles can look similar on the surface but serve different parts of the development loop. Read the job description for the fidelity target, the users of the simulator, and whether the team is training models, validating behavior, commissioning hardware, or building the simulator platform itself.

World and sensor fidelity

Teams may model robot kinematics and dynamics, contacts, cameras, lidar, IMUs, factory assets, or driving environments. Common stacks include Isaac Sim or Isaac Lab, Gazebo, MuJoCo, OpenUSD, Unreal, Unity, and internal engines.

Synthetic data and learning

ML-facing simulation work often includes domain randomization, scenario generation, sensor simulation, annotations, reinforcement-learning environments, and scalable pipelines that connect virtual data to training and evaluation.

Validation and sim-to-real

Production simulation roles increasingly emphasize closed-loop tests, reproducible regression suites, hardware- or software-in-the-loop workflows, and measuring where simulated behavior diverges from real robots.

Search strategy

Search both broad simulation titles and specific tools. A strong match may be called Simulation Engineer, Robotics Simulation Engineer, Synthetic Data Engineer, Digital Twin Engineer, or a platform role supporting autonomy and robot learning.