Head of Simulation Engineering & Platform Strategy

Symbotic; Wilmington (MA); Presencial; USD 180.000 - 248.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Travel up to 10%

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Descripción de la vacante

Symbotic is seeking a Senior Manager for Simulation Engineering to guide the technical vision, strategy, and execution across robotics, controls, perception, software, and industrial automation. You will lead a team of simulation and modeling engineers, drive unified system modeling, and partner with cross-functional teams to accelerate development through simulation-driven testing and analysis.

The role emphasizes building scalable simulation platforms and workflows, aligning across multiple

Formación

• 10+ years in simulation, modeling, robotics, controls, systems engineering, software engineering, autonomy, operations research, or related disciplines.
• 3+ years of engineering management experience leading technical teams.
• Experience leading engineering teams responsible for simulation platforms, modeling capabilities, validation systems, software engineering or related technologies.
• Strong understanding of simulation architecture, engineering workflows, system validation, and complex technical problem solving.
• Experience developing or utilizing simulation to improve development, validation, testing, optimization or performance of complex systems.
• Experience driving cross-functional engineering initiatives across multiple organizations and technology domains.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and leadership skills, with the ability to engage stakeholders ranging from individual contributors to executive leadership.
• Ability to operate effectively in ambiguous, fast-paced, and highly technical environments.

Responsabilidades

• Define and execute the strategy for simulation engineering, platform development, validation environments, and system modeling.
• Lead the development of simulation platforms, infrastructure, tooling, and engineering workflows used across the organization.
• Drive the architecture and technical direction of simulation systems supporting robotics, perception, controls, software, and automation technologies.
• Partner with cross-functional engineering teams to accelerate development through simulation-driven testing, validation, experimentation, and analysis.
• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of simulation and modeling engineers while establishing technical standards and engineering best practices.
• Drive alignment across software, controls, robotics, perception, systems, and industrial controls organizations to establish a unified simulation ecosystem and strategy.
• Influence engineering decisions through simulation-driven insights, technical recommendations, system-level analysis, performance prediction, and design evaluation.
• Support future robotics and automation initiatives by improving simulation fidelity, scalability, performance, and adoption across engineering teams.
• Develop simulation capabilities that improve product development velocity, validation effectiveness, system performance, and deployment readiness.
• Partner with internal engineering teams and stakeholders to ensure simulation capabilities remain aligned with product development priorities and business objectives.
• Communicate complex technical concepts and recommendations to engineering and executive leadership.
• Drive alignment across teams to ensure simulation efforts are focused on the highest-impact engineering challenges.
• Partner with internal and external stakeholders to communicate simulation-driven recommendations, technical tradeoffs, and engineering insights.
• Support customer-facing and executive-level discussions by translating complex technical concepts and simulation results into actionable recommendations.

Conocimientos

Simulation leadership

Engineering management

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication skills

System-level analysis

Herramientas

HIL/SIL tooling

Descripción del empleo

Symbotic is seeking a Senior Manager for Simulation Engineering to guide the technical vision, strategy, and execution across robotics, controls, perception, software, and industrial automation. You will lead a team of simulation and modeling engineers, drive unified system modeling, and partner with cross-functional teams to accelerate development through simulation-driven testing and analysis.

The role emphasizes building scalable simulation platforms and workflows, aligning across multiple