Simulation Engineer for Robotics & Embodied AI

Embedding VC; California (MO); On-site; USD 180,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Moonlake, based in San Francisco, is hiring a Member of Technical Staff – Simulation Engineer to build high‑fidelity robotics simulation environments and infrastructure. You will model robot dynamics, sensors, and environments, enabling robot learning, evaluation, and sim-to-real transfer.

Collaboration across robotics, world models, AI systems, and simulation teams is essential. This on-site role requires hands-on software engineering in Python and C++, with a focus on scalable,

Qualifications

• Experience building robotics simulation systems for autonomy or embodied AI.
• Knowledge of robot dynamics, physics simulation, and sensor modeling.
• Strong Python/C++ software engineering and production-quality code.
• Experience with sim-to-real transfer and domain randomization is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop high-fidelity robotics simulation environments.
• Build scalable simulation workflows for rapid experimentation and robot learning.
• Develop production-ready simulation infrastructure and tooling.
• Collaborate with robotics, ML, and research teams.

Skills

Robotics simulation

Python

C++

Systems design

Education

MS/PhD in Robotics, CS, or ME

Tools

Isaac Sim

MuJoCo

PyBullet

Gazebo

Drake

ROS2

Job description

Moonlake, based in San Francisco, is hiring a Member of Technical Staff – Simulation Engineer to build high‑fidelity robotics simulation environments and infrastructure. You will model robot dynamics, sensors, and environments, enabling robot learning, evaluation, and sim-to-real transfer.

Collaboration across robotics, world models, AI systems, and simulation teams is essential. This on-site role requires hands-on software engineering in Python and C++, with a focus on scalable,