Senior Robotics Sim-to-Real Systems Engineer

NVIDIA

Santa Clara (CA)

On-site

USD 272,000 - 431,000

Full time

3 days ago

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Job summary

NVIDIA is seeking a senior technical leader to own the engineering loop between physical robots and simulation. You will determine why simulated and real behavior differ, build measurement systems, and drive work to improve robot performance for partners and the robotics developer community.

This is a hands-on individual-contributor leadership role. You will write production software in C++ and Python, run physical experiments, and influence multi-disciplinary contributors through technical

Qualifications

12+ years of relevant experience.
Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Robotics, Controls, Computer Science, Applied Mathematics, Physics, or related field—or equivalent experience.
A consequential technical project you personally built, led, and maintained.
End-to-end ownership of a hard-tech system in robotics, aerospace, automotive, industrial automation, scientific instrumentation, or comparable field.

Responsibilities

Own DevTech's sim-to-real and real-to-sim function: experiment design, instrumentation, data capture, system identification, model integration, and validation on hardware.
Build production-quality C++ and Python software for measurement, modeling, simulation, benchmarking, and regression testing.
Establish quantitative metrics and experiments that isolate causes of simulation error and show whether a change improved the real system.
Turn evidence from partner robots into reusable workflows and improvements for NVIDIA's robotics and simulation platforms.
Lead contributors across disciplines without formal authority, creating clarity and accountability through integration and sustained use.