Simulation Jobs

Simulation jobs sit at the center of modern Physical AI development because most teams cannot validate every scenario in the physical world first. These roles span simulator tooling, environment modeling, synthetic data generation, and test infrastructure for robotics and autonomy programs. You will see work involving Unreal, Unity, Isaac Sim, Gazebo, Omniverse, and custom internal engines designed for scale and reproducibility. Strong candidates often combine software engineering depth with practical intuition around physics, sensor behavior, and system-level performance metrics. Many simulation teams partner directly with controls, perception, and autonomy engineers to close gaps between virtual and real behavior. If you enjoy building fast feedback loops for embodied systems, this page highlights simulation opportunities where your work can accelerate development cycles across entire organizations.

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Research Scientist, RL for Autonomous Planning & World Modeling

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$204k - $259k
Mountain View, CA, USA + 3 more 6d ago
Motion Planning Reinforcement Learning Autonomous Driving
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Machine Learning Engineer, Maneuvering Tech

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$175k - $215k
Mountain View, CA, USA + 2 more 6d ago
C++ Motion Planning Autonomous Driving Real-Time Systems
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Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Maneuvering Tech

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$251/hr
Mountain View, CA, USA + 2 more 6d ago
C++ Motion Planning Autonomous Driving Real-Time Systems
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Staff Technical Lead Manager, Scenes

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$251k - $310k
Mountain View, CA, USA + 1 more 6d ago
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Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Data Flywheel

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$250k - $334k
Mountain View, CA, USA + 1 more 6d ago
C++ Python Simulation Autonomous Driving
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Staff Software Engineer / Technical Lead Manager

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$251k - $319k
San Francisco, CA, USA 6d ago
C++ Autonomous Driving
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Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Perception LLM/VLM

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$204k - $259k
Mountain View, CA, USA + 1 more 6d ago
Python Simulation Computer Vision Deep Learning PyTorch
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Machine Learning Engineer Perception LLM/VLM (PhD, New Grad)

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$170k - $216k
Mountain View, CA, USA + 1 more 6d ago
Computer Vision Deep Learning Autonomous Driving
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Technical Lead Manager, Machine Learning, Maneuvering Tech

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$238k - $302k
Mountain View, CA, USA + 1 more 6d ago
Python Motion Planning Autonomous Driving Path Planning
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Technical Lead Manager, Perception, Traffic Control Understanding

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$251k - $310k
Mountain View, CA, USA + 1 more 6d ago
Python Computer Vision Deep Learning PyTorch Autonomous Driving
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Software Engineer, Statistical Evaluation and Sampling

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$170k - $216k
Mountain View, CA, USA + 1 more 6d ago
Python Simulation Autonomous Driving
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Software Quality Operations Specialist

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$130k - $160k
Mountain View, CA, USA + 2 more Remote 6d ago
Autonomous Driving
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Staff Technical Lead Manager, Simulation, Machine Learning

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$238k - $302k
New York, NY, USA + 2 more 6d ago
Python Simulation Deep Learning Autonomous Driving
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Staff TLM, Perception, Sensor Pipelines

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$251k - $310k
Mountain View, CA, USA + 1 more 6d ago
Deep Learning Autonomous Driving
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Senior Software Engineer, Bulk/Interactive Inference

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$213k - $263k
Mountain View, CA, USA 6d ago
C++ Autonomous Driving Real-Time Systems
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Staff Data Scientist

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$238k - $302k
Mountain View, CA, USA + 1 more 6d ago
Python Simulation Autonomous Driving
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Technical Lead Manager, Multiverse

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$238k - $302k
Mountain View, CA, USA 6d ago
C++ Python Simulation Autonomous Driving
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Software Engineer, GPU

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$204k - $259k
Mountain View, CA, USA + 1 more 6d ago
Autonomous Driving
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Tech Lead Manager, Backend

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Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland 6d ago
Python Simulation Autonomous Driving Real-Time Systems
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Senior Software Engineer, Quantitative Evaluations

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$204k - $259k
Mountain View, CA, USA + 1 more 6d ago
Python Simulation Autonomous Driving
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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.