Staff Robotics Engineer: Simulation & World Models

Moonlake AI; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Moonlake AI in San Francisco is seeking a Member of Technical Staff – Robotics to bridge simulation, world models, and real robots. This hands-on role spans evaluating foundation models in simulation, training world models, and deploying policies and systems on physical robots.

You will collaborate with researchers and engineers to advance simulation environments, pipelines, and ensure reliable transfer of capabilities from virtual worlds to the real world.

Qualifications

• We require a strong background in robotics, embodied AI, and ML.
• Experience with physical robotic systems is essential.
• Solid software engineering skills in Python and robotics tooling.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate robot foundation models and policies in simulation environments.
• Develop world models and train systems using multimodal data.
• Build and optimize robot learning pipelines from simulated to real-world data.
• Deploy and operate physical robots and maintain hardware integrations.

Skills

Robotics

Embodied AI

Machine Learning

Python

Tools

Isaac Sim

MuJoCo

Gazebo

Habitat

Job description

Moonlake AI in San Francisco is seeking a Member of Technical Staff – Robotics to bridge simulation, world models, and real robots. This hands-on role spans evaluating foundation models in simulation, training world models, and deploying policies and systems on physical robots.

You will collaborate with researchers and engineers to advance simulation environments, pipelines, and ensure reliable transfer of capabilities from virtual worlds to the real world.