CareerPlan

Robotics Research Engineer - Robot Simulation and Evaluation

US, CA, Santa ClaraFull-time$184k–$288k2026-10-27 → 2026-11-10

Core

Building simulation frameworks and tools for training and evaluating robot foundation models on NVIDIA's Omniverse platform.

Role type

Senior IC robotics research engineer (simulation & evaluation)

Builds

Simulation tools and Isaac Lab Arena capabilities for robot learning and evaluation

Domain

Robotics, Machine Learning, GPU-accelerated physics simulation

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Robot learning, Simulation frameworks, Deep learning, Python, Software architecture, Cross-team collaboration, Evaluation standards, LLM integration, State-of-the-art research tracking

Preferred skills

Reinforcement learning, Imitation learning, GPU-accelerated physics engines (PhysX, Isaac Gym), NVIDIA robotics ecosystem (CUDA, ROS), Open-source development