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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Staff Robot Architect - Platform Software Specialist

Agility Robotics

$217k - $281k
Fremont, CA, USA Hybrid 1d ago
Embedded Systems Control Theory Safety Systems
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Staff Robotics Architect - Electrical Hardware

Agility Robotics

$217k - $281k
Fremont, CA, USA Hybrid 1d ago
Gazebo Embedded Systems Control Theory Safety Systems Real-Time Systems
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Staff Robot Architect - Dynamic Simulation Specialist

Agility Robotics

$217k - $281k
Fremont, CA, USA Hybrid 1d ago
Simulation Reinforcement Learning Gazebo Control Theory Safety Systems
Agility Robotics logo

Senior Hardware Reliability Engineer

Agility Robotics

$170k - $221k
Fremont, CA, USA Hybrid 1d ago
Simulation Control Theory
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Senior Product Manager, Perception & World Understanding Skills

Agility Robotics

$186k - $242k
Fremont, CA, USA Hybrid 1d ago
Simulation Computer Vision Motion Planning
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Senior Application Mechanical Engineer / Designer

Agility Robotics

$131k - $170k
Pittsburgh, PA, USA + 1 more Hybrid 1d ago
Simulation
Agility Robotics logo

Senior Manager, Learning from Demonstration

Agility Robotics

$268k - $364k
Remote Remote 1d ago
Computer Vision Reinforcement Learning Real-Time Systems
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Senior Staff Data Scientist, Robotics

Agility Robotics

$218k - $340k
Remote Remote 1d ago
Python Embedded Systems
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Senior AI Software Engineer, Reinforcement Learning

Agility Robotics

$187k - $292k
Fremont, CA, USA + 2 more Hybrid 1d ago
Python Deep Learning Reinforcement Learning PyTorch
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Staff HiL SW Infrastructure Engineer

Agility Robotics

$191k - $249k
Fremont, CA, USA Hybrid 1d ago
Python Simulation Docker Linux Embedded Systems
Agility Robotics logo

Senior AI Research Engineer

Agility Robotics

$195k - $304k
Fremont, CA, USA + 2 more Hybrid 1d ago
Python Simulation Deep Learning Reinforcement Learning PyTorch
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Staff Robotics Software Engineer, Teleoperations Architecture

Agility Robotics

$190k - $296k
Fremont, CA, USA + 2 more Hybrid 1d ago
Simulation Unity Control Theory Real-Time Systems
Agility Robotics logo

Staff Systems Validation Engineer

Agility Robotics

$191k - $249k
Fremont, CA, USA Hybrid 1d ago
Simulation Safety Systems
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Senior Director, AI

Agility Robotics

$257k - $402k
Remote Remote 1d ago
Computer Vision Deep Learning Reinforcement Learning Real-Time Systems
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AV Test Engineer

Motional

$98k - $129k
Las Vegas, NV, USA 1d ago
C++ Python Simulation Linux Autonomous Driving
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Process Engineer , Robotics Manufacturing and Technical Operations (RMTO) Process Engineering

Amazon Robotics

$96k - $160k
North Reading, MA, USA 1d ago
Simulation
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Staff Energy Engineer

Zoox

Foster City, CA, USA Hybrid 1d ago
Simulation Autonomous Driving
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Engineering Intern

The Robotics Company

Zurich, Switzerland Onsite 1d ago
ROS C++ Python Computer Vision SLAM
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Staff Software Engineer, TLM, Quantitative Evaluations

Waymo

$251k - $310k
San Francisco, CA, USA + 1 more 2d ago
C++ Python Simulation Autonomous Driving
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New Grad Software Engineer, Product Engineering

Nuro

$132k - $198k
Mountain View, CA, USA 2d ago
C++ Motion Planning 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.