Onsite in Sunnyvale: Senior Simulation & Synthetic Data Eng

Intuitive; Sunnyvale (CA); Remote; USD 160,000 - 271,000; Full time

Job summary

Intuitive is hiring for Future Forward Research — Synthetic Data on the Sunnyvale campus. You will design the virtual surgical worlds and data pipelines that train perception and policy models for robotic surgery.

Day-to-day work includes building simulations, generating labeled datasets, and collaborating with ML engineers to close the sim-to-real gap. This is a hands-on role at the intersection of 3D simulation, machine learning, and robotics.

Qualifications

• Strong software engineering with tested code in Python/C++/C#
• Hands-on simulation, graphics, or robotics experience
• Data awareness and ML model training exposure
• Knowledge of 3D physics and coordinate frames

Responsibilities

• Design high-fidelity surgical task simulations.
• Generate scalable synthetic datasets with labels.
• Implement domain randomization for sim-to-real transfer.
• Collaborate with ML engineers on curricula and benchmarks.
• Develop reusable tools and APIs for the team.
• Validate sim behaviors against benchtop phantoms and real systems.

Skills

Python

C++

C#

Linux

Docker

GPU workflows

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

MS/PhD preferred

Tools

Unity

NVIDIA Isaac Sim

MuJoCo

Job description

Intuitive is hiring for Future Forward Research — Synthetic Data on the Sunnyvale campus. You will design the virtual surgical worlds and data pipelines that train perception and policy models for robotic surgery.

Day-to-day work includes building simulations, generating labeled datasets, and collaborating with ML engineers to close the sim-to-real gap. This is a hands-on role at the intersection of 3D simulation, machine learning, and robotics.