Staff Software Engineer Robotics Simulation & Digital Twin

General Motors; Sunnyvale (CA); A distancia; USD 160.000 - 291.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Health benefits

GM vehicle discounts

Relocation benefits

Descripción de la vacante

General Motors is recruiting a Staff Software Engineer - Robotics to design and own physics-grade simulation infrastructure for robotics, visual perception, SLAM, and navigation validation. You will build a scalable platform that supports digital twins, virtual commissioning, and hardware‑in‑the‑loop testing across teams.

You will work between core robotics development and validation teams, driving the roadmap while coordinating with remote groups.

Formación

• MS degree or higher in Robotics, CS, ME, or related field.
• 6+ years of professional software engineering experience with 4+ years in robotics simulation.
• Experience validating real robot behavior against simulation.
• Experience supporting teams as an infrastructure owner.

Responsabilidades

• Build and own the simulation environment for manipulation, perception and navigation validation.
• Model robot platforms with physically accurate dynamics, kinematics, and actuation.
• Implement sensor models for LiDAR and RGB-D cameras with realistic noise.
• Build scene and facility authoring tooling and CAD/import paths.
• Integrate simulation into CI so scenarios run on every release candidate.
• Support the AI team with simulation for data generation and policy evaluation.
• Drive virtual commissioning and digital twin roadmap with workcell import and collaboration.
• Quantify and document where simulation diverges from hardware, with confidence measures.

Conocimientos

C++

Python

URDF

SDF

USD

Gazebo

Isaac Sim

Process Simulate

ROS

GPU acceleration

Remote collaboration

Educación

MS or higher in Robotics/CS/ME

Herramientas

Gazebo

Isaac Sim

Process Simulate

Descripción del empleo

General Motors is recruiting a Staff Software Engineer - Robotics to design and own physics-grade simulation infrastructure for robotics, visual perception, SLAM, and navigation validation. You will build a scalable platform that supports digital twins, virtual commissioning, and hardware‑in‑the‑loop testing across teams.

You will work between core robotics development and validation teams, driving the roadmap while coordinating with remote groups.