Physical AI and Robotics Engineer

Volto Consulting; Texas; On-site; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Volto Consulting in Texas seeks a robotics software engineer to develop robot models, kinematics, control interfaces, perception integration, and simulation workflows for industrial autonomous systems.

You will integrate simulations with ROS2, sensors, actuators, and automated equipment; implement navigation, manipulation, and learning workflows; move projects from simulation to hardware while reducing sim-to-real gaps and analyzing safety, performance, and failure modes.

Qualifications

• Robotics software engineering with Python/C++.
• ROS/ROS2, kinematics, transforms, control, perception, and debugging.
• Hands-on simulation and hardware integration experience.

Responsibilities

• Develop robot models, kinematics, control interfaces, perception integration, and simulated workflows.
• Integrate simulation with ROS2, sensors, actuators, robotic arms, mobile robots, or industrial equipment.
• Implement and evaluate navigation, manipulation, perception, or reinforcement-learning workflows.
• Move use cases from simulation to hardware while identifying and reducing sim-to-real gaps.
• Instrument experiments and analyze safety, performance, and failure modes.

Skills

Python

C++

ROS/ROS2

Kinematics

Transforms

Control

Perception

Debugging

Simulation

Hardware integration

Tools

ROS2

MoveIt

Nav2

Jetson

Isaac Sim

Omniverse

Job description

Build robotics and physical-AI capabilities that connect perception, planning, control, simulation, and deployment for industrial autonomous systems.

Key responsibilities

• Develop robot models, kinematics, control interfaces, perception integration, and simulated workflows.
• Integrate simulation with ROS2, sensors, actuators, robotic arms, mobile robots, or industrial equipment.
• Implement and evaluate navigation, manipulation, perception, or reinforcement-learning workflows.
• Move use cases from simulation to hardware while identifying and reducing sim-to-real gaps.
• Instrument experiments and analyze safety, performance, and failure modes.

Required experience and skills

• Robotics software engineering with Python/C++.
• ROS/ROS2, kinematics, transforms, control, perception, and debugging.
• Hands-on simulation and hardware integration experience.

Preferred experience

• Isaac Sim/Lab, Omniverse, Jetson, MoveIt, Nav2, reinforcement learning, PLC/MES integration, or