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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Senior Product Manager - Human Robot Interaction

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Austin, TX, USA 1w ago
Simulation Safety Systems
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Principal Electrical Engineer - Compute and Sensing

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$295k - $330k
Sunnyvale, CA, USA 1w ago
Sensor Fusion FPGA LiDAR Safety Systems Real-Time Systems
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Senior Product Manager - Simulation

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$190k - $223k
Sunnyvale, CA, USA 1w ago
Simulation Unity Path Planning
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Staff MLOps Engineer

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Austin, TX, USA Onsite 1w ago
C++ Python Simulation Docker Kubernetes
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Senior Electrical Engineer - HRI (Visuals)

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Austin, TX, USA 1w ago
Simulation
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Senior Wire Harness Engineer

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Austin, TX, USA 1w ago
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Staff Test Engineer - Actuators

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Austin, TX, USA 1w ago
Python Embedded Systems
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Staff Perception Hardware Engineer

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$240k - $288k
Sunnyvale, CA, USA 1w ago
Sensor Fusion Camera Systems Real-Time Systems
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Principal Electrical Engineer - Compute and Sensing

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Austin, TX, USA 1w ago
Sensor Fusion FPGA LiDAR Safety Systems Real-Time Systems
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Lead Software Engineer - Dexterous Manipulation

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Austin, TX, USA 1w ago
Reinforcement Learning
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Senior Electrical Engineer

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Austin, TX, USA 1w ago
Simulation Embedded Systems
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Staff Electrical Engineer

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Austin, TX, USA 1w ago
Embedded Systems Safety Systems
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Staff Wire Harness Engineer

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Austin, TX, USA 1w ago
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Senior Reinforcement Learning Engineer

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Austin, TX, USA 1w ago
Simulation Reinforcement Learning
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Electrical Engineer

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Austin, TX, USA 1w ago
Embedded Systems
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Staff Engineer, Human Machine Interface (R6070)

Shield AI

Melbourne, Australia Hybrid 1w ago
ROS C++ Simulation
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2027 Summer Intern, PhD, Perception Systems Engineering: Pedestrian Detection Precision

Waymo

$85/hr
San Francisco, CA, USA 1w ago
Python Simulation Autonomous Driving
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2027 Summer Intern, BS, Depot Automation

Waymo

$60/hr
San Francisco, CA, USA 1w ago
C++ Simulation Real-Time Systems
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2027 Summer Intern, PhD, Quantitative Software Engineer

Waymo

$85/hr
Mountain View, CA, USA + 1 more 1w ago
Python Deep Learning Autonomous Driving
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2027 Summer Intern, PhD, Machine Learning, Computer Vision

Waymo

$85/hr
Mountain View, CA, USA 1w ago
Python Computer Vision Deep Learning PyTorch LiDAR
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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.