Robotics Validation & Simulation Software Engineer

Mind Robotics; Palo Alto (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Mind Robotics is building generalized physical AI for real-world industrial deployment, starting on the factory floor. We seek a Software Engineer - Validation & Simulation to build test infrastructure, integrate simulation, and develop validation pipelines that let our firmware, controls, and robot runtime teams move fast without breaking robots.

Responsibilities include designing automated test suites, integrating simulation inputs, owning regression infrastructure, collaborating with multiple

Qualifications

• Technical degree or equivalent experience in CS/CE/EE.
• Fluency in Python; comfortable with C/C++ or Rust for firmware debugging.
• Experience building validation, simulation, or test infrastructure for real physical systems such as robots or actuators.

Responsibilities

• Design and build automated test suites validating firmware, controls, and runtime in software-in-the-loop environments.
• Integrate simulation inputs and dynamic models including simulated sensor feeds for development without hardware.
• Own regression test infrastructure, result analysis, failure triage, and coverage tracking across multiple subsystems.
• Collaborate with firmware, controls, and runtime engineers to define testability requirements and convert failures into repeatable tests.
• Drive validation burn-down during integration milestones and track issues to resolution across teams.

Skills

Problem solving

Team collaboration

Communication

Education

Bachelors in Computer Science / Computer Engineering / Electrical Engineering

Tools

Python

C/C++

Rust

ROS2

MATLAB/Simulink

Job description

Mind Robotics is building generalized physical AI for real-world industrial deployment, starting on the factory floor. We seek a Software Engineer - Validation & Simulation to build test infrastructure, integrate simulation, and develop validation pipelines that let our firmware, controls, and robot runtime teams move fast without breaking robots.

Responsibilities include designing automated test suites, integrating simulation inputs, owning regression infrastructure, collaborating with multiple