Robotics Simulation Engineer

Job Summary

Robotics Simulation Engineer, a fully remote, hourly contract position focused on designing and optimizing high-fidelity physical simulations for robotic systems, requiring a commitment of 10-40 hours per week.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and implement high-fidelity robot models with accurate kinematics and dynamics
• Build and maintain simulation environments using tools like MuJoCo, NVIDIA Isaac Sim, and Gazebo
• Develop end-to-end simulation pipelines for robot training, testing, and validation

Required Qualifications

• Strong hands-on experience with major robotics simulators (MuJoCo, NVIDIA Isaac Sim, or Gazebo)
• Proficient in Python and/or C++ in a robotics or scientific computing context
• Solid understanding of rigid-body dynamics, contact mechanics, and control theory
• Experience creating and validating robot models (URDF, MJCF, or SDF formats)
• Familiarity with ROS2 and its integration with simulation environments