Simulation Engineer Autonomous & Soft Robotic Systems

Botz Innovation; Greater London; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary and benefits package

Significant scope for growth

Visa sponsorship for candidates

Job summary

A robotics startup in Greater London seeks a Simulation Engineer to develop simulation tools for soft and hybrid robotics. The role requires a Master's or PhD in Mechanical Engineering or related fields and experience with simulation tools such as Abaqus or ANSYS. You will run high-fidelity simulations, optimize performance, and work collaboratively with other technical teams. This full-time position offers a competitive salary and significant growth opportunities within a mission-driven culture.

Qualifications

• Strong background in computational mechanics, finite element methods, and numerical simulation.
• Experience in collaborative, research-driven engineering environments.
• Solid foundation in continuum mechanics, nonlinear materials, and numerical methods.

Responsibilities

• Run high-fidelity physical simulations, capturing 3D shape and dynamics.
• Develop simulation-in-the-loop workflows for design-space exploration.
• Validate and calibrate simulations against experimental data.

Skills

Computational mechanics

Numerical simulation

Physics simulation tools

Proficiency in Python

Proficiency in C++

Education

Master’s degree or PhD in Mechanical Engineering, Robotics, or related field

Tools

Abaqus

ANSYS

COMSOL

Visualization tools (ParaView, VTK)

Job description

Simulation Engineer – Autonomous & Soft Robotic Systems

Join Botz Innovation as a Simulation Engineer. The role focuses on building physically realistic simulation tools for soft and hybrid robotic systems to support fast, reliable iteration from concept to evaluation.

Your Role

You will own the physical simulation stack used to model 3D geometry, material behavior, deformation, and dynamics of soft and hybrid robotic systems.

Primary Responsibilities

• Run high‑fidelity physical simulations, capturing 3D shape, material behavior, deformation, and dynamics.
• Develop simulation‑in‑the‑loop workflows to guide design‑space exploration and decision‑making.
• Validate and calibrate simulations against experimental data to reduce the simulation‑to‑real‑world gap.
• Own the simulation architecture and its evolution, working closely with adjacent technical teams.
• Optimize simulation performance, implement adaptive meshing, model reduction, and surrogate modelling for scalable exploration.
• Build clean, well‑documented simulation‑facing APIs and establish data logging, versioning, and reproducibility practices.

Required Qualifications

• Master’s degree or PhD in Mechanical Engineering, Robotics, Computational Mechanics, Physics, or a related field.
• Strong background in computational mechanics, finite element methods, and numerical simulation.
• Hands‑on experience with physics simulation tools (e.g., Abaqus, ANSYS, COMSOL, or equivalent).
• Proficiency in Python and C++ for scientific and simulation software development.
• Experience with mesh generation/refinement and numerical stability issues.
• Solid foundation in continuum mechanics, nonlinear materials, and numerical methods.
• Experience in collaborative, research‑driven engineering environments.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with soft robotics or compliant/hybrid robotic systems.
• Familiarity with modern physics engines or robotics simulation platforms (e.g., NVIDIA Omniverse/PhysX, Isaac Sim, MuJoCo, PyBullet).
• Integration of physical simulation outputs into optimization or learning‑based pipelines.
• Exposure to experimental validation or automated testing workflows.
• Experience with visualization tools such as ParaView, VTK, PyVista, vedo, or Blender.
• CI/CD experience for simulation or scientific software.

Benefits & Why Us

• Competitive salary and benefits package.
• Opportunity to help define foundational technology at a stealth startup at the forefront of robotics.
• Significant scope for growth and leadership as part of the early team.
• Collaborative, mission‑driven culture.
• Visa sponsorship for candidates.

Seniority Level

Mid‑Senior level.

Employment Type

Full‑time.

Job Function

Information Technology / Software Development.