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Mecka AI

Research Scientist, RL & Simulation

New York, NY · On-site

$200K - $250K/yr

What You'll Work On Simulation Environments * Build and maintain simulation environments for ... robot learning signals. * High ownership, fast iteration, and direct connection to real-world ...

Nscale

VP, Physical AI GTM

New York, NY · On-site

$196K - $253K/yr

Identify and secure strategic partnerships with key robotics frameworks (e.g., ROS), simulation ... or Sr. Director level specifically within the autonomous vehicle, robotics, or industrial AI ...

New York University

Post Doctoral Associate

New York, NY · On-site

$62K/yr

... robotics. We seek independent, motivated, and creative individuals to conduct research in human ... The director, Prof. Porfiri, is the author of more than 350 journal publications and the recipient ...

Origin

US Customer Success Manager

Brooklyn, NY · On-site

Trained in high-fidelity simulation and already deployed on live sites, our robots deliver 5x ... Direct trade experience in drywall installation, taping, finishing, or painting -- professionally ...

Origin

US Customer Success Manager

Manhattan, NY · On-site

Trained in high-fidelity simulation and already deployed on live sites, our robots deliver 5x ... Direct trade experience in drywall installation, taping, finishing, or painting - professionally or ...

Runway

Youtube Creator & Educator

New York, NY · On-site +1

$150K - $215K/yr

You know how to shoot, light and direct, even simply * Advanced hands-on Runway experience and ... Universal World Simulator * GWM-1 * Gen-4.5 * General World Models * Robotics SDK * Conversational ...

Intuitive

da Vinci Digital Sales Manager

New York, NY · On-site

As a global leader in robotic-assisted surgery and minimally invasive care, our technologies-like ... By helping surgeons and healthcare organizations unlock the power of data, simulation, and ...

Intuitive

da Vinci Digital Sales Manager

New York, NY · On-site

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Intuitive

da Vinci Digital Sales Manager

New York, NY · On-site

As a global leader in robotic-assisted surgery and minimally invasive care, our technologies-like ... By helping surgeons and healthcare organizations unlock the power of data, simulation, and ...

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As a global leader in robotic-assisted surgery and minimally invasive care, our technologies-like ... By helping surgeons and healthcare organizations unlock the power of data, simulation, and ...

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New York, NY · On-site

As a global leader in robotic-assisted surgery and minimally invasive care, our technologies-like ... By helping surgeons and healthcare organizations unlock the power of data, simulation, and ...

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What is the difference between Director Robotics Simulator vs Robotics Engineer?

AspectDirector Robotics SimulatorRobotics Engineer
Required CredentialsBachelor's or Master's in Robotics, Computer Science, or related fields; experience in simulation softwareBachelor's or Master's in Robotics, Mechanical Engineering, or related fields; programming skills
Work EnvironmentLeadership in R&D teams, overseeing simulation projectsDesign, develop, and test robotic systems and simulations
Industry UsageUsed in companies developing advanced robotics and simulation toolsHands-on development and implementation of robotic systems

The Director Robotics Simulator focuses on leading simulation projects and managing teams, requiring strategic oversight and industry experience. In contrast, Robotics Engineers are involved in the technical development and testing of robotic systems. Both roles require strong technical backgrounds, but the Director role emphasizes leadership and project management within the robotics simulation domain.

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Research Scientist, RL & Simulation

Mecka AI

New York, NY • On-site

$200K - $250K/yr

Full-time

This job post has expired today. Applications are no longer accepted.

Job description

About Mecka AI
Mecka AI is building the data infrastructure layer for robotics and embodied AI.
We partner with leading AI labs and robotics companies to deliver high-quality, real-world datasets used to train, evaluate, and deploy robotic systems. Our work sits directly between research, data, and real-world execution - where model performance is dictated by data quality.
The Role
We are looking for a Research Scientist, RL & Simulation to own the RL + simulation engine that turns large-scale human demonstrations into scalable robot learning signals.
This is a research-meets-systems role: you'll build simulation environments, retarget human motion to robot actions, train and evaluate policies, and drive sim-to-real transfer with clear metrics.
What You'll Work On
Simulation Environments
  • Build and maintain simulation environments for robotics learning (e.g., Isaac Sim / Isaac Gym, MuJoCo, Genesis, Habitat, ManiSkill).
  • Decide what environments and assets to build first to maximize learning velocity.
Retargeting (Human → Robot)
  • Convert human demonstrations into robot-executable trajectories.
  • Explore IK-based, optimization-based, and learning-based retargeting approaches.
Policy Learning & Evaluation
  • Train policies from demonstrations using imitation learning + RL:
    • Behavior Cloning, DAgger-style aggregation, Offline RL
    • PPO / SAC (or similar) when online fine-tuning is required
  • Define evaluation: success metrics, stress tests, generalization, and regression tracking.
Sim-to-Real
  • Drive transfer via domain randomization, system identification, contact modeling, and failure-mode analysis.
  • Use real data to identify domain gaps that matter.
Who You Are
Required Background
  • MSc/PhD (or equivalent research experience) in robotics, ML, or a related field.
  • Strong hands-on experience with robot simulation and policy learning.
  • Proficiency in Python; solid engineering discipline (reproducible experiments, clean code, debugging).
  • Comfort working end-to-end: environment → data → training → evaluation.
  • Warning: Research Scientist positions require hyper-specific expertise. Please limit your applications to one research role. Applying to multiple Research Scientist positions suggests a lack of focus and may result in the rejection of all submissions. You may, however, apply to other non-research roles alongside your research application.

Strong Signals:
  • Experience with manipulation, dexterous hands, or locomotion.
  • Experience with retargeting, IK, trajectory optimization, or differentiable simulation.
  • Deep intuition for what makes sim-to-real succeed or fail.
Why This Role
  • Define how Mecka turns egocentric human behavior into scalable robot learning signals.
  • High ownership, fast iteration, and direct connection to real-world datasets.

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