AI Engineer, Robot Simulation | Tier 1 VC-backed Physical AI Company | Munich

AI Futures; München; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Game development background

Sensor simulation & domain randomisati

Neural rendering / 3D scene reconstr.

RL for legged robots

Job summary

AI Futures in Munich is seeking an AI Engineer to own robot simulation environments. You will build GPU-accelerated simulations for training robot policies and manage the assets that feed those environments.

You will run large benchmark sweeps, report clear results to the research team, and work with hardware engineers to close the gap between simulation and the real robot. English is the working language; the role is full-time and based in Munich, Germany.

Qualifications

• 3+ years building simulation for robot learning in MuJoCo, Isaac Lab, Isaac Sim or similar.
• Strong grasp of contact physics, solver tuning and numerical stability.
• Experience with robot description formats (URDF, MJCF, USD) and mesh processing.
• Proficiency in Python and C++, plus PyTorch or JAX and CUDA or NVIDIA Warp.

Responsibilities

• Build GPU-accelerated simulation environments for training and testing robot policies.
• Manage the robot, object and scene assets that feed those environments.
• Run large benchmark sweeps and report clear, reliable results to the research team.
• Work with hardware engineers to close the gap between simulation and the real robot.

Skills

MuJoCo/robot simulation

Contact physics & solver tuning

Robot description formats (URDF/MJCF/3

Python & C++

PyTorch / JAX / CUDA / Warp

Tools

NVIDIA Warp

Job description

AI Futures are partnered with a fast-growing Physical AI company on a search for an AI Engineer to own its robot simulation environments.

Our client is a well-funded European robotics business with an experienced founding team and serious long-term backing. They are building their core AI team now, and this hire will create the virtual worlds their robots learn in before they reach customers.

The Role

• Build GPU-accelerated simulation environments for training and testing robot policies
• Manage the robot, object and scene assets that feed those environments
• Run large benchmark sweeps and report clear, reliable results to the research team
• Work with hardware engineers to close the gap between simulation and the real robot

The Candidate

• 3+ years building simulation for robot learning in MuJoCo, Isaac Lab, Isaac Sim or similar
• Solid grasp of contact physics, solver tuning and numerical stability
• Experienced with robot description formats (URDF, MJCF, USD) and mesh processing
• Python and C++, PyTorch or JAX, CUDA or NVIDIA Warp

Nice to have

• Game development background (Unreal, Unity or Godot)
• Sensor simulation and domain randomisation
• Neural rendering or 3D scene reconstruction
• RL for legged or humanoid robots

English is the working language. Full-time and permanent, based in Munich, Germany.