{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"ee93aae96d3f8e51f677669f","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/ee93aae96d3f8e51f677669f","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/ee93aae96d3f8e51f677669f","title":"Sr Simulation Software Engineer","description":"What we're doing isn't easy, but nothing worth doing ever is.\nWe envision a future powered by robots that work seamlessly with human teams. We build artificial intelligence that enables service robots to collaborate with people and adapt to dynamic human environments. Join our mission-driven, venture-backed team as we build out current and future generations of humanoid robots.\nAs a Sr Simulation Software Engineer, you will be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining the simulation systems that power our robotics testing and validation pipeline. You'll create environments and tools that enable us to evaluate the performance of our AI in realistic, repeatable, and explainable ways. Your work will directly impact the safety, reliability, and scalability of our robots in the field.\nResponsibilities\nDesign and build simulation frameworks and tools to evaluate robot performance across diverse environments and use cases.\nDevelop realistic sensor, actuator, and physics models to replicate real-world robot interactions.\nIntegrate AI and autonomy software into simulation environments for validation and benchmarking.\nCollaborate with perception, planning, controls, and hardware teams to define simulation requirements and ensure fidelity to real-world systems.\nAutomate large-scale simulation testing to assess performance, safety, and regression.\nAnalyze results, identify edge cases, and feed findings back into AI and system development.\nDrive improvements in simulation infrastructure to increase scalability, reproducibility, and explainability.\nSupport hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) and software-in-the-loop (SIL) testing pipelines.\nSkills and Experience\nBachelor's or Master's degree in Robotics, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field (PhD a plus).\n5+ years of experience in simulation for robotics, autonomous vehicles, or related domains.\nStrong software development skills in C++ and Python.\nExperience with simulation platforms such as Unity, Unreal Engine, Gazebo, Isaac Sim, Webots or equivalent.\nBackground in modeling sensors (cameras, LiDAR, IMUs, etc.) and actuators for simulation.\nExperience integrating autonomy stacks into simulation environments.\nFamiliarity with ROS/ROS2 and distributed robotics frameworks.\nStrong debugging and problem-solving skills, including root cause analysis in complex systems.\nDemonstrated ability to work cross-functionally with hardware, perception, and planning teams.\nBonus: experience with HIL/SIL test frameworks, reinforcement learning in simulation, or large-scale distributed testing.","company":"Diligent Robotics","rawCompany":"diligent robotics","city":"Remote","state":"OR","isRemote":false,"isActive":false,"createdAt":"2026-04-14T10:18:40.673Z","occupations":[{"code":"17-2199.08","title":"Robotics Engineers","slug":"robotics-engineers"},{"code":"15-1252.00","title":"Software Developers","slug":"software-developers"},{"code":"17-2199.00","title":"Engineers, All Other","slug":"engineers-all-other"}],"industries":[{"code":"541715","title":"Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)","slug":"research-and-development-in-the-physical-engineering-and-life-sciences-except-nanotechnology-and-biotechnology"},{"code":"333248","title":"All Other Industrial Machinery Manufacturing","slug":"all-other-industrial-machinery-manufacturing"},{"code":"541511","title":"Custom Computer Programming Services","slug":"custom-computer-programming-services"}],"jobPosting":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"JobPosting","title":"Sr Simulation Software Engineer","description":"What we're doing isn't easy, but nothing worth doing ever is.\nWe envision a future powered by robots that work seamlessly with human teams. 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