Senior Robotics Platform Engineer — Simulation & AI

Nodi; New York (NY); On-site; USD 200,000 - 280,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

100% employer-covered medical, dental,

Vision insurance

Unlimited PTO

14+ company holidays

2 weeks of company shutdown at EOY

401(k)

Mental health support

Job summary

Radical AI is seeking a Software Engineer, Robotics Platform to architect robotics and simulation infrastructure for faster discovery and deployment in our self-driving laboratories. You’ll collaborate with software, robotics, perception, and mechanical teams to meet demanding design requirements with rapid iteration.

You will build scalable simulation systems, integrate with ROS2, and develop automatic tests and benchmarks for perception and control.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience developing platform infrastructure, robotics simulation, or autonomy software
• Experience with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes) and CI/CD pipelines
• Proficiency in Python and/or C++ for production software development

Responsibilities

• Build the simulation infrastructure that supports robotics development, including robots, lab instruments, fixtures, sensors, and material-handling systems
• Handle containerization for deployed and simulated systems
• Build and maintain infrastructure to support robotics researchers (e.g., on-demand GPU resources)
• Build evaluators and benchmarks for classical and learning-based robotics methods
• Simulate sensor data and generate synthetic datasets for perception tasks (detection, segmentation, pose estimation)
• Integrate simulation with ROS2 and enable software-in-the-loop testing and deployment validation
• Create reusable scenarios and automated tests for perception, planning, robot behaviors, and failure recovery
• Contribute to technical direction and architecture decisions across the simulation and robotics platform

Skills

Python

C++

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD pipelines

Robotics simulation

Education

Degree in Computer Science / Robotics / Electrical Engineering or equivalent

Tools

Isaac Sim

MuJoCo

Gazebo

Job description

Radical AI is seeking a Software Engineer, Robotics Platform to architect robotics and simulation infrastructure for faster discovery and deployment in our self-driving laboratories. You’ll collaborate with software, robotics, perception, and mechanical teams to meet demanding design requirements with rapid iteration.

You will build scalable simulation systems, integrate with ROS2, and develop automatic tests and benchmarks for perception and control.