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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NVIDIA logo

Senior Robotics Systems Engineer - Neural Reconstruction and Real2Sim Applications

NVIDIA

Santa Clara, CA, USA 17h ago
C++ Python Sensor Fusion Isaac Sim
NVIDIA logo

Senior Software Engineer - Applied Research in Robotics

NVIDIA

Bengaluru, India 17h ago
C++ Sensor Fusion CUDA ROS2 Linux
Johnson & Johnson MedTech logo

Sr Engineer, Automation Applications/Surgical Robotics - OTTAVA

Johnson & Johnson MedTech

Santa Clara, CA, USA 17h ago
Safety Systems
Johnson & Johnson MedTech logo

Digital Manufacturing Tech Lead/Surgical Robotics - OTTAVA

Johnson & Johnson MedTech

Santa Clara, CA, USA 17h ago
Simulation
Boston Dynamics logo

Software Engineer in Test, Humanoid Robotics

Boston Dynamics

Waltham, MA, USA 17h ago
Python Simulation Unity Embedded Systems Real-Time Systems
Boston Dynamics logo

Staff Reinforcement Learning Research Engineer

Boston Dynamics

Waltham, MA, USA 17h ago
Simulation Reinforcement Learning PyTorch Docker Kubernetes
Boston Dynamics logo

Senior Staff Robotics Simulation Engineer - Thermal & Fluids Analysis

Boston Dynamics

Waltham, MA, USA 17h ago
C++ Python Simulation Real-Time Systems
ABB Robotics logo

Thesis Work -Active Vision for AI-based Robot Manipulation with a 2-DOF Movable Camera Head

ABB Robotics

Vaesteras, Vastmanland County, Sweden 17h ago
Computer Vision Deep Learning PyTorch Unity
ABB Robotics logo

Thesis Work -Current Source Inverters for High-Performance Electrical Drives in Robotic Applications

ABB Robotics

Vaesteras, Vastmanland County, Sweden 17h ago
Simulation Control Theory
ABB Robotics logo

Thesis Work - AI-Assisted Design and FEM-Based Development of a Spherical Electrical Machine for Robotic Actuation

ABB Robotics

Vaesteras, Vastmanland County, Sweden 17h ago
Python Simulation Embedded Systems
ABB Robotics logo

Thesis Work - Tactile-Aware Reinforcement Learning for Contact-Rich Manipulation

ABB Robotics

Vaesteras, Vastmanland County, Sweden 17h ago
C++ Python Reinforcement Learning ROS2 Isaac Sim
ABB Robotics logo

Thesis Work - Whole-Body Teleoperation and Imitation Learning for Humanoid Robots

ABB Robotics

Vaesteras, Vastmanland County, Sweden 17h ago
PyTorch Isaac Sim
BMW Group logo

Intern Computer Vision and Sensor Fusion (f/m/x)

BMW Group

Munich, BY, Germany 17h ago
Python Simulation Computer Vision Sensor Fusion PyTorch
BMW Group logo

Intern Artificial Intelligence in Robotics (f/m/x)

BMW Group

Munich, BY, Germany 17h ago
ROS Python Deep Learning Reinforcement Learning PyTorch
BMW Group logo

Intern Logistics Process Simulation (f/m/x)

BMW Group

Munich, BY, Germany 17h ago
C++ Python Simulation
Tau Robotics logo

Research Engineer, Simulation & Evaluation

Tau Robotics

San Francisco, CA, USA 17h ago
C++ Python Simulation
Maven Robotics logo

Sr. Mechanical Engineer, Robot Hardware Design

Maven Robotics

Santa Clara, CA, USA 17h ago
Simulation
Zipline logo

Autonomy Zip Perception SWE

Zipline

$180k - $265k
Ann Arbor, MI, USA + 1 more 18h ago
Simulation Computer Vision Deep Learning
Amazon Robotics logo

Applied Scientist, Amazon Robotics

Amazon Robotics

$171k - $222k
Sunnyvale, CA, USA 18h ago
Computer Vision Deep Learning Reinforcement Learning
Waymo logo

Software Quality Operations Specialist - European Specialism

Waymo

£97k - £105k
London, United Kingdom 18h ago
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.