Robotics Research Engineer - Robot Simulation and Evaluation - CA, Santa Clara, United States
$184,000 - $356,500 USD yearly
Originally posted 18 August 2026 by the employer.
Develop simulation frameworks and evaluation tools for robot foundation models built on the Omniverse platform and Isaac Lab Arena.
About the role
This role involves developing simulation tools for training and evaluating robot foundation models on top of NVIDIA's Omniverse platform. You will translate research prototypes into product-ready Isaac Lab Arena capabilities across product engineering and robotics research teams.
What you'll do
- Build simulation frameworks for training and evaluating robot foundation models on top of NVIDIA's Omniverse platform. - Partner directly with research to design, implement, and evaluate novel algorithms for robot learning. - Drive technical architecture, establish evaluation standards, and maintain cross-team leadership between Research and Product. - Execute software engineering practices including design and code reviews, testing, continuous integration, and deployment. - Integrate modern LLM and agentic workflows into simulation and robotics workflows. - Work with researchers and product engineers to translate research ideas into scalable Isaac Lab Arena capabilities.
What you'll need
- PhD degree in Computer Science, Robotics, or a related field (or equivalent experience). - 8+ years of relevant industry or post-degree research engineering experience in robotics, simulation, or robot learning. - Demonstrated track record of software design and translating research prototypes into production-ready software platforms. - Proficiency using Python. - Development experience with deep learning software stacks, including PyTorch or JAX.
Skills: robot simulation, machine learning, omniverse platform, robot foundation models, physics simulation
This role has been open 70 days — slightly above the 68-day median for Systems Software Engineering roles.
Systems Software Engineering · Systems Software
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Open roles in category
672
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Median days open
68 d
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Median salary
$213k
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| Metric | NVIDIA | All employers we track in this specialty (672 roles · 71 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 136 | 672 |
| Open roles in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family | 1012 | 6328 · 146 employers |
| Median days open | 43 d | 68 d (−25 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $213k |
Skills observed across this category: robot simulation, machine learning, omniverse platform, robot foundation models, physics simulation
Who's hiring in this category
- Qualcomm · 171 open roles · median 89 d
- NVIDIA (this employer) · 134 open roles · median 43 d
- AMD · 58 open roles · median 55 d
- Mobileye · 25 open roles · median 91 d
- Arm Holdings · 20 open roles · median 125 d
- Broadcom · 16 open roles · median 64 d
How we counted: 672 open Systems Software Engineering (Systems Software) roles from 71 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 28 Oct 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there — it is counted in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family row. Figures refresh nightly.