Robotics Simulation Architect for Foundation Models

Nvidia Corporation in; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 184,000 - 357,000; Full time

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Job summary

NVIDIA is seeking a Robotics Research Engineer to develop simulation tools for evaluating robot foundation models and to translate research ideas into production-ready Isaac Lab Arena capabilities. You will work with researchers and product engineers to ensure scalable, robust implementations.

Join a fast-paced team advancing simulation and ML for robotics, integrating LLM and agentic workflows, and contributing to NVIDIA's leading robotics ecosystem and research-to-product translation.

Qualifications

• PhD degree in Computer Science, Robotics, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
• 8+ years of robotics/simulation/robot learning experience; translating research prototypes into production software.
• Proficiency in Python and deep learning stacks (PyTorch, JAX).

Responsibilities

• Build simulation frameworks for training and evaluating robot foundation models on Omniverse-based platforms.
• Collaborate with research to design, implement, and evaluate novel robot learning algorithms.
• Lead cross-team architecture decisions between Research and Product; translate ideas into Isaac Lab Arena capabilities.
• Work in a fast-paced software engineering team with code reviews, testing, and CI/CD.
• Train and evaluate robot foundation models; integrate modern LLM/workflows into robotics pipelines.
• Scale Isaac Lab Arena features to NVIDIA's user base; stay current with robotics research.

Skills

Python

PyTorch

JAX

Deep learning

Robotics

Education

PhD in Computer Science or Robotics

Tools

NVIDIA Omniverse

CUDA

ROS

Isaac Gym/Isaac Lab

Job description

NVIDIA is seeking a Robotics Research Engineer to develop simulation tools for evaluating robot foundation models and to translate research ideas into production-ready Isaac Lab Arena capabilities. You will work with researchers and product engineers to ensure scalable, robust implementations.

Join a fast-paced team advancing simulation and ML for robotics, integrating LLM and agentic workflows, and contributing to NVIDIA's leading robotics ecosystem and research-to-product translation.