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Persona AI

Robotics Simulation Engineer

Pensacola, FL · On-site

We're Looking For: * BS, MS, or PhD in Robotics, Computer Science, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field. * 3+ years of professional experience in robotics simulation, digital twin development ...

Sedaro

Modeling & Simulation Engineer

Arlington, VA · On-site

Salary: $95K-125K + Equity Overview Sedaro is hiring a Modeling & Simulation Engineer to build the ... Supporting contract meetings with technical input and demonstrations to external stakeholders.

Hammerhead AI

Simulation Engineer

Redwood City, CA · On-site

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Starfish

Simulation Engineer

Huntsville, AL · On-site

Torch Technologies is seeking a Simulation Engineer to join a team supporting the design ... No Position Contingent Upon Award of Contract: No #LI-DK1 Benefits: Torch Technologies is proud to ...

Impulse Space

Senior Simulation Engineer

Louisville, CO · On-site

$150K - $200K/yr

Bachelor's degree in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Physics, Math, or a related field. * 7+ years of experience in modeling and simulation of physical systems. * Proficiency in C ...

Impulse Space

Senior Simulation Engineer

Redondo Beach, CA · On-site

$150K - $200K/yr

Bachelor's degree in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Physics, Math, or a related field. * 7+ years of experience in modeling and simulation of physical systems. * Proficiency in C ...

HammerheadAI

Simulation Engineer

Redwood City, CA · On-site

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Toyota

Simulation Engineer

Salisbury, NC

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Automotive Engineering, or a related field ... Experience with simulation data analysis, model tuning, and correlation techniques. * Ability to ...

Toyota

Simulation Engineer

Salisbury, NC · On-site

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Automotive Engineering, or a related field ... Experience with simulation data analysis , model tuning, and correlation techniques. * Ability to ...

Aaru

Simulation Engineer

New York, NY · On-site

$200K - $540K/yr

ABOUT THE ROLE Simulation Engineering owns the path from research idea to production system ... code - the objects, contracts, evaluations, and workflows that produce the product.

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As of Jul 14, 2026, the average yearly pay for contract mechanical simulation engineer in the United States is $102,878.00, according to ZipRecruiter salary data. Most workers in this role earn between $81,500.00 and $126,500.00 per year, depending on experience, location, and employer.

What is the difference between Contract Mechanical Simulation Engineer vs Mechanical Design Engineer?

AspectContract Mechanical Simulation EngineerMechanical Design Engineer
CredentialsBachelor's or Master's in Mechanical Engineering, simulation certificationsBachelor's or Master's in Mechanical Engineering, CAD proficiency
Work EnvironmentProject-based, contract roles, often in R&D or consulting firmsFull-time, in-house or design firms, product development
Industry UsageAutomotive, aerospace, manufacturing, consultingConsumer products, automotive, industrial equipment
Search & Comparison IntentFocus on simulation skills, contract roles, specific projectsDesign skills, product development, engineering design

The Contract Mechanical Simulation Engineer primarily focuses on performing simulations to analyze mechanical systems on a contractual basis, often working on specific projects. In contrast, a Mechanical Design Engineer concentrates on designing and developing mechanical components and systems, typically in a full-time role. Both roles require a strong engineering background, but their focus and work environment differ significantly.

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Robotics Simulation Engineer

Persona AI

Pensacola, FL • On-site

Full-time

Posted 8 days ago

Job description

We're looking for a Simulation Engineer to own and expand our NVIDIA Isaac Sim and Omniverse simulation infrastructure. You'll build the digital twin environments, sim assets, and CI/CD pipelines that our autonomy team relies on daily. You will help achieve the vision in which every robot behavior we develop is prototyped, tested, and validated in simulation before it runs on hardware.
As a simulation engineer at Persona, you will have an incredible opportunity to shape the simulation infrastructure that underpins our entire autonomy stack. You will report to the Behavior Coordination Lead and work closely with machine learning, locomotion, manipulation, perception, and devops teams.
Your Role:
  • Build, maintain, and extend simulation environments in NVIDIA Isaac Sim and Omniverse for humanoid robot development.
  • Develop and manage OpenUSD sim assets: robot models, tools, workpieces, customer facility environments (shipyards, steel fabrication plants, industrial sites).
  • Create and maintain physics-accurate digital twins of customer facilities (shipyards and industrial manufacturing) for behavior validation and deployment planning.
  • Integrate all autonomy subsystems (locomotion, manipulation, perception, hands, navigation, welding) to run against Isaac Sim.
  • Design and implement behavior-level CI/CD pipelines that automatically validate robot behaviors in simulation.
  • Prototype and mock-test robot behaviors (welding, navigation, manipulation) in simulation before hardware integration.
  • Develop synthetic data generation pipelines for training perception, manipulation, and navigation models.

We're Looking For:
  • BS, MS, or PhD in Robotics, Computer Science, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field.
  • 3+ years of professional experience in robotics simulation, digital twin development, or physics-based simulation environments.
  • Strong hands-on experience with NVIDIA Isaac Sim and/or NVIDIA Omniverse.
  • Working knowledge of OpenUSD (Universal Scene Description): authoring, composition, referencing, flattening, and debugging USD stage hierarchies.
  • Proficiency in Python; comfortable writing simulation tooling, test harnesses, and automation scripts.
  • Experience with at least one physics engine: PhysX, MuJoCo, Bullet, or Drake.
  • Solid understanding of robot kinematics, dynamics, and articulated body simulation.
  • Experience developing or maintaining CI/CD pipelines for simulation or robotics software.
  • Familiarity with containerization (Docker) and DevOps practices for simulation infrastructure.
  • Ability to create and manage 3D simulation assets (meshes, materials, collision geometry, articulation definitions).

Preferred or Bonus Qualifications:
  • Experience with NVIDIA Isaac Lab for reinforcement learning environment setup and training.
  • Familiarity with NVIDIA Cosmos for synthetic data generation and scene variability.
  • Experience with ROS/ROS 2 and Gazebo simulation.
  • Experience with Unreal Engine or other real-time rendering engines for robotics visualization.
  • Background in manipulation simulation: contact modeling, grasp planning, dexterous multi-fingered hand interaction, and force/torque estimation.
  • Experience with motion capture data pipelines and motion retargeting to robot models.
  • Exposure to behavior trees, task planning, or autonomy stack architecture.
  • Knowledge of Omniverse extensions development and Kit SDK.

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