Senior Robotics Simulation Architect for Scalable AI

NVIDIA; California (MO); On-site; USD 152,000 - 288,000; Full time

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Job summary

NVIDIA is seeking a hands-on Solutions Architect to advance robotics simulation, manipulation, and data generation. You will translate research into scalable simulation workflows, collaborating with researchers, engineers, and customers to push Physical AI capabilities.

You will lead demonstrations, optimize multi-solver pipelines, and help shape product roadmaps across NVIDIA’s robotics platforms while delivering real-world, production-ready solutions.

Qualifications

• BS, MS, or PhD in Robotics, CS, ME, EE, or related field.
• 5+ years building robotics simulation applications.
• Deep expertise with Isaac Sim, MuJoCo, Gazebo or Drake.
• Familiarity with ROS 2 and OpenUSD, URDF, or MJCF.
• Proficiency in Python or C++, with API integration.
• Understanding GPU-accelerated computing for robotics simulation.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Work with robotics partners to adopt, extend, and scale NVIDIA’s simulation technologies.
• Build and optimize workflows for robot rigging, physics, rendering, and sensor simulation.
• Diagnose integration and performance bottlenecks across simulation, rendering, data movement, and large-scale workloads.
• Lead technical evaluations, proofs of concept, workshops, and reference implementations that accelerate platform adoption.
• Validate emerging approaches with partners, including hybrid methods combining physics-based simulation with neural models.
• Collaborate with NVIDIA Engineering, Product and business teams to translate ecosystem needs into product feedback, roadmap priorities, and reusable guidelines.

Skills

Python

C++

ROS 2

OpenUSD

URDF

MuJoCo

Isaac Sim

Drake

GPU acceleration

Distributed systems

Education

BS/MS/PhD or equivalent in Robotics/CS/ME/EE

Tools

Isaac Sim

MuJoCo

Gazebo

Drake

Job description

NVIDIA is seeking a hands-on Solutions Architect to advance robotics simulation, manipulation, and data generation. You will translate research into scalable simulation workflows, collaborating with researchers, engineers, and customers to push Physical AI capabilities.

You will lead demonstrations, optimize multi-solver pipelines, and help shape product roadmaps across NVIDIA’s robotics platforms while delivering real-world, production-ready solutions.