Physical AI Engineer

TD SYNNEX; Fremont (CA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Career development programs

Well-being seminars

Diversity and inclusion initiatives

Job summary

TD SYNNEX is looking for a Physical AI Engineer in Fremont, California, to build innovative robotics systems using Physical AI. You'll engage with cutting-edge technologies like NVIDIA Omniverse and reinforcement learning to train intelligent robotic agents in real-world settings.

This role involves creating physics-based simulation environments and deploying learning-based systems. The ideal candidate will have a strong robotics background and hands-on experience with simulation environments.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in robotics and reinforcement learning.
• Strong experience in building training agents in simulations.
• Proven Python skills to build and scale training pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Build physics-based simulation environments in NVIDIA Omniverse.
• Train and evaluate robotic agents using reinforcement learning.
• Drive simulation-to-real transfer for reliable robotic performance.

Skills

Reinforcement learning

Simulation environments

Python

Tools

NVIDIA Omniverse

Isaac Sim

Job description

Physical AI Engineer - Simulation & Synthetic Data

Build the Future of Robotics with Physical AI

We’re building real‑world Physical AI systems—where learning agents interact with physical machines. This role is tailored for an AI Robotics Engineer with a strong reinforcement learning (RL) mindset, someone who wants to train, evaluate, and deploy intelligent behaviors that emerge through interaction, not just perception.

You’ll work hand‑on with NVIDIA Omniverse, physics‑based simulation, synthetic data, and foundation models to train agents that learn to act, adapt, and generalize in complex environments. This is a builder role: fast iteration, scalable training, and direct transfer from simulation to physical robots.

What You’ll Do

• Build high‑fidelity, physics‑based simulation environments in NVIDIA Omniverse / Isaac Sim for training and evaluating robotic agents.
• Design and run reinforcement learning and imitation learning pipelines using simulation‑generated and synthetic data.
• Train and tune policies for control, planning, and decision‑making, emphasizing robustness and sim‑to‑real performance.
• Integrate foundation models (GPT‑class, Claude / Opus, multimodal models) to support reasoning, task decomposition, or human‑in‑the‑loop learning.
• Drive simulation‑to‑real transfer, ensuring learned behaviors perform reliably on physical robotic systems.
• Collaborate with robotics, controls, and perception engineers to deploy learning‑based systems end to end.

Requirements

• 5‑8+ years of experience in robotics, reinforcement learning, simulation, or applied machine learning.
• Strong hands‑on experience with reinforcement learning, imitation learning, or learning‑based control.
• Proven experience building and training agents in simulation environments (synthetic data, domain randomization, curriculum learning).
• Experience working in the NVIDIA ecosystem (Omniverse, Isaac Sim, USD pipelines strongly preferred).
• Experience applying or integrating foundation models (e.g., GPT‑based or Claude / Opus‑style models) into robotics or decision‑making workflows.
• Strong Python skills; ability to build and scale training pipelines.
• Builder mindset with a track record of moving learning systems from experiment to deployment.

Nice to Have

• Model‑free or model‑based RL at scale
• Physics engines, real‑time systems, or robotics middleware
• Experience operationalizing learned policies on physical robots
• Remote / hybrid (US‑based)
• Occasional domestic and global travel
• Flexible working hours aligned to experimentation and training cycles

Why Join

You’ll work on learning‑driven robotics systems where intelligence is earned through interaction with the world—not just inferred from data. If you’re excited by agents that learn, fail, adapt, and ultimately succeed in the real world, this role is built for you.

What’s In It For You?

• Elective Benefits: Our programs are tailored to your country to best accommodate your lifestyle.
• Grow Your Career: Accelerate your path to success (and keep up with the future) with formal programs on leadership and professional development, and many more on‑demand courses.
• Elevate Your Personal Well‑Being: Boost your financial, physical, and mental well‑being through seminars, events, and our global Life Empowerment Assistance Program.
• Diversity, Equity & Inclusion: It’s not just a phrase to us; valuing every voice is how we succeed. Join us in celebrating our global diversity through inclusive education, meaningful peer‑to‑peer conversations, and equitable growth and development opportunities.
• Make the Most of our Global Organization: Network with other new co‑workers within your first 30 days through our onboarding program.
• Connect with Your Community: Participate in internal, peer‑led inclusive communities and activities, including business resource groups, local volunteering events, and more environmental and social initiatives.

Don’t meet every single requirement? Apply anyway.

We are an equal opportunity employer and committed to building a team that represents and empowers a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, genetics, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.