Senior Manager, Simulation Engineering

Symbotic; Wilmington (MA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 248,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Travel up to 10%

Corporate credit card for travel

Medical, dental, vision, disability, 4

Job summary

Symbotic is seeking a Senior Manager for Simulation Engineering to guide the technical vision, strategy, and execution across robotics, controls, perception, software, and industrial automation. You will lead a team of simulation and modeling engineers, drive unified system modeling, and partner with cross-functional teams to accelerate development through simulation-driven testing and analysis.

The role emphasizes building scalable simulation platforms and workflows, aligning across multiple

Qualifications

• 10+ years in simulation, modeling, robotics, controls, systems engineering, software engineering, autonomy, operations research, or related disciplines.
• 3+ years of engineering management experience leading technical teams.
• Experience leading engineering teams responsible for simulation platforms, modeling capabilities, validation systems, software engineering or related technologies.
• Strong understanding of simulation architecture, engineering workflows, system validation, and complex technical problem solving.
• Experience developing or utilizing simulation to improve development, validation, testing, optimization or performance of complex systems.
• Experience driving cross-functional engineering initiatives across multiple organizations and technology domains.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and leadership skills, with the ability to engage stakeholders ranging from individual contributors to executive leadership.
• Ability to operate effectively in ambiguous, fast-paced, and highly technical environments.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute the strategy for simulation engineering, platform development, validation environments, and system modeling.
• Lead the development of simulation platforms, infrastructure, tooling, and engineering workflows used across the organization.
• Drive the architecture and technical direction of simulation systems supporting robotics, perception, controls, software, and automation technologies.
• Partner with cross-functional engineering teams to accelerate development through simulation-driven testing, validation, experimentation, and analysis.
• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of simulation and modeling engineers while establishing technical standards and engineering best practices.
• Drive alignment across software, controls, robotics, perception, systems, and industrial controls organizations to establish a unified simulation ecosystem and strategy.
• Influence engineering decisions through simulation-driven insights, technical recommendations, system-level analysis, performance prediction, and design evaluation.
• Support future robotics and automation initiatives by improving simulation fidelity, scalability, performance, and adoption across engineering teams.
• Develop simulation capabilities that improve product development velocity, validation effectiveness, system performance, and deployment readiness.
• Partner with internal engineering teams and stakeholders to ensure simulation capabilities remain aligned with product development priorities and business objectives.
• Communicate complex technical concepts and recommendations to engineering and executive leadership.
• Drive alignment across teams to ensure simulation efforts are focused on the highest-impact engineering challenges.
• Partner with internal and external stakeholders to communicate simulation-driven recommendations, technical tradeoffs, and engineering insights.
• Support customer-facing and executive-level discussions by translating complex technical concepts and simulation results into actionable recommendations.

Skills

Simulation leadership

Engineering management

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication skills

System-level analysis

Tools

HIL/SIL tooling

Job description

Who we are

With its A.I.-powered robotic technology platform, Symbotic is changing the way consumer goods move through the supply chain. Intelligent software orchestrates advanced robots in a high-density, end-to-end system – reinventing warehouse automation for increased efficiency, speed and flexibility.

What We Need

We are seeking an experienced Senior Manager to join our Simulation Engineering organization. This leader will be responsible for guiding the technical vision, strategy, and execution of our Simulation Engineering team while helping unify simulation efforts across robotics, controls, perception, software, systems, and industrial controls organizations.

What We Do

The Simulation Engineering team develops simulation platforms, tooling, infrastructure, validation environments, and system models used to accelerate the development of Symbotic's robotic systems and automation technologies. Through simulation-driven engineering, the team enables engineers to design, develop, test, validate, and optimize complex robotic systems before physical deployment. These capabilities help accelerate product development, reduce technical risk, improve product quality, and increase confidence in engineering decisions.

What You'll Do

• Define and execute the strategy for simulation engineering, platform development, validation environments, and system modeling.
• Lead the development of simulation platforms, infrastructure, tooling, and engineering workflows used across the organization.
• Drive the architecture and technical direction of simulation systems supporting robotics, perception, controls, software, and automation technologies.
• Partner with cross-functional engineering teams to accelerate development through simulation-driven testing, validation, experimentation, and analysis.
• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of simulation and modeling engineers while establishing technical standards and engineering best practices.
• Drive alignment across software, controls, robotics, perception, systems, and industrial controls organizations to establish a unified simulation ecosystem and strategy.
• Influence engineering decisions through simulation-driven insights, technical recommendations, system-level analysis, performance prediction, and design evaluation.
• Support future robotics and automation initiatives by improving simulation fidelity, scalability, performance, and adoption across engineering teams.
• Develop simulation capabilities that improve product development velocity, validation effectiveness, system performance, and deployment readiness.
• Partner with internal engineering teams and stakeholders to ensure simulation capabilities remain aligned with product development priorities and business objectives.
• Communicate complex technical concepts and recommendations to engineering and executive leadership.
• Drive alignment across teams to ensure simulation efforts are focused on the highest-impact engineering challenges.
• Partner with internal and external stakeholders to communicate simulation-driven recommendations, technical tradeoffs, and engineering insights.
• Support customer-facing and executive-level discussions by translating complex technical concepts and simulation results into actionable recommendations.

What You'll Need

• Minimum of 10 years of experience in simulation, modeling, robotics, controls, systems engineering, software engineering, autonomy, operations research, or related technical disciplines.
• Minium of 3 years of engineering management experience leading technical teams.
• Experience leading engineering teams responsible for simulation platforms, modeling capabilities, validation systems, software engineering or related technologies.
• Strong understanding of simulation architecture, engineering workflows, system validation, and complex technical problem solving.
• Experience developing or utilizing simulation to improve development, validation, testing, optimization or performance of complex systems.
• Experience driving cross-functional engineering initiatives across multiple organizations and technology domains.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and leadership skills, with the ability to engage stakeholders ranging from individual contributors to executive leadership.
• Ability to operate effectively in ambiguous, fast-paced, and highly technical environments.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with robotics, autonomous systems, perception systems, controls systems, industrial automation, or other complex cyber-physical systems.
• Experience with simulation-driven development, HIL/SIL, system validation, or related methodologies.
• Experience building or extending simulation platforms, infrastructure, or engineering tooling.
• Experience helping engineering organizations adopt simulation to improve development velocity and product outcomes.
• Experience aligning simulation efforts across multiple engineering organizations and technology domains.

Our Environment

• Up to 10% travel may be required.
• Employees must have a valid driver's license and the ability to drive and/or fly to client and other customer locations.
• Employees may be required to use a personal credit card for business travel expenses, which are reimbursed based on program guidelines.
• Eligible employees may receive a corporate credit card based on role and travel requirements, but a personal credit card may be needed during onboarding until the corporate card is issued.

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About Symbotic

Symbotic is an automation technology leader reimagining the supply chain with its end-to-end, AI-powered robotic and software platform. Symbotic reinvents the warehouse as a strategic asset for the world’s largest retail, wholesale, and food & beverage companies. Applying next-gen technology, high-density storage and machine learning to solve today's complex distribution challenges, Symbotic enables companies to move goods with unmatched speed, agility, accuracy and efficiency. As the backbone of commerce the Symbotic platform transforms the flow of goods and the economics of supply chain for its customers. For more information, visit www.symbotic.com.

We are a community of innovators, collaborators and pioneers who embrace our differences, because we know unique perspectives make us stronger and smarter. Every perspective matters. We depend on the collective voices of our employees, customers and community to help guide us as we build a better place to work – for you and the world.

That’s why we’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship status, marital status, disability, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, or genetic information.

The base range for this position in the posted location is $180,000.00 - $247,500.00 however, base pay offered may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.

• The compensation package includes medical, dental, vision, disability, 401K, PTO and/or other benefits.

Symbotic is an automation technology leader reimagining the supply chain with its end-to-end, AI-powered robotic and software platform. Symbotic reinvents the warehouse as a strategic asset for the world’s largest retail, wholesale, and food & beverage companies. Applying next-gen technology, high-density storage and machine learning to solve today's complex distribution challenges, Symbotic enables companies to move goods with unmatched speed, agility, accuracy and efficiency. As the backbone of commerce the Symbotic platform transforms the flow of goods and the economics of supply chain for its customers. For more information, visit www.symbotic.com.