Senior Robotics Simulation Scientist: Physics-Based & RL

Amazon.com Services LLC; North Reading (MA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon.com Services LLC seeks a Simulation Applied Scientist to advance physics-based simulation for robotics, merging theory with production deployment. You will work on high-performance tools, continuing to push the boundaries of sim-to-real transfer and reinforcement learning in a dynamic, scale-driven environment.

You’ll collaborate across engineering and safety teams, translating research into validated hardware deployments and scalable software pipelines that drive robot design, training,

Qualifications

• Experience programming in Java, C++, Python or related language.
• PhD in Computer Science, Robotics, Mechanical Engineering, or related field.
• Strong publication record in simulation, robotics, or computer graphics.
• Demonstrated ability to advance state of the art through novel research.
• Deep expertise in physics-based simulation, including rigid and deformable dynamics, contact mechanics, computational geometry, and numerical methods.
• Experience designing and optimizing physics-based simulation systems for high-performance and large-scale computing environments.
• Working knowledge of modern physics engines such as MuJoCo, Isaac Lab, Drake, and Newton.
• Proven ability to bridge simulation and real-world robotic systems, from modeling and validation through deployment.

Responsibilities

• Advance physics-based simulation fidelity for contact-rich manipulation and locomotion.
• Design and build high-performance simulation tools integrated into a production robotics stack.
• Translate research ideas into robust, scalable software pipelines.
• Develop methods to quantify and reduce simulation-to-reality gaps across design, safety, and control.
• Architect scalable simulation solutions for rigid and deformable body dynamics.
• Build simulation pipelines optimized for large-scale reinforcement and policy learning.
• Establish frameworks for continuous simulation improvement using real-world deployment data.
• Collaborate with engineering, science, and safety teams on simulation requirements and validation.

Skills

Programming languages

Education

PhD in Computer Science, Robotics, Mechanical Engineering, or related field

Tools

MuJoCo

Isaac Lab

Drake

Newton

GPU-accelerated computing

Job description

Amazon.com Services LLC seeks a Simulation Applied Scientist to advance physics-based simulation for robotics, merging theory with production deployment. You will work on high-performance tools, continuing to push the boundaries of sim-to-real transfer and reinforcement learning in a dynamic, scale-driven environment.

You’ll collaborate across engineering and safety teams, translating research into validated hardware deployments and scalable software pipelines that drive robot design, training,