Simulation Engineer, Robotics & Embodied AI

moonlake; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Moonlake is seeking a Simulation Engineer to build high-fidelity robotics simulation environments and the underlying infrastructure for learning, evaluation, and sim-to-real transfer. You will create scalable workflows and reusable tooling, collaborating with robotics, world models, and AI teams to advance embodied intelligence.

This is a hands-on, production-quality software role focusing on physics-based simulation, sensor modeling, and distributed systems.

Qualifications

• Experience building robotics simulation systems for robotics, autonomy, embodied AI.
• Proficiency in Python, C++, and production-grade software.
• Experience with robotics simulators: Isaac Sim, MuJoCo, PyBullet, Gazebo, Drake.
• Strong understanding of robot dynamics, physics, sensors, and sim-to-real transfer.
• Ability to write reliable, tested, maintainable code.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop simulation environments for robotics training and evaluation.
• Build scalable simulation workflows for rapid experimentation.
• Develop tooling to accelerate simulation development.
• Collaborate with robotics and AI teams on infrastructure.

Skills

Robotics simulation

Python

C++

Software engineering

Systems thinking

Team collaboration

Education

MS/PhD in Robotics/CS/ME

Tools

Isaac Sim

MuJoCo

PyBullet

Gazebo

Drake

ROS2

Job description

Moonlake is seeking a Simulation Engineer to build high-fidelity robotics simulation environments and the underlying infrastructure for learning, evaluation, and sim-to-real transfer. You will create scalable workflows and reusable tooling, collaborating with robotics, world models, and AI teams to advance embodied intelligence.

This is a hands-on, production-quality software role focusing on physics-based simulation, sensor modeling, and distributed systems.