Member of Technical Staff, Microsoft Robotics (Robotics Simulation) | Microsoft Careers

What you'll do

• Design and maintain high-fidelity physics-based simulation frameworks for robotics applications.
• Implement accurate sensor and actuator models mirroring real robot hardware behavior.
• Develop sim-to-real workflows to minimize gaps between simulated and real environments.
• Create asset toolchains supporting industry-standard formats for environment ingestion.
• Build robust infrastructure for autonomy test, evaluation, and reinforcement learning training.
• Lead architectural decisions for simulation platform selection based on performance needs.
• Drive integration of logging and instrumentation for gathering telemetry data on simulations.

What we're looking for

• Extensive experience in physics simulation engineering, including rigid-body dynamics and real-time physics engines.
• Expertise in robotics simulation platforms like MuJoCo, Isaac Sim, Gazebo, and sensor/actuator modeling.
• Strong background in 3D graphics, real-time rendering, or game engine development (Unity, Unreal).
• Experience with sim-to-real transfer pipelines, domain randomization frameworks, and system identification workflows.
• Proficiency in Python and C++, with experience in distributed computing and GPU-accelerated simulation.
• Familiarity with ML frameworks like PyTorch, JAX, TensorFlow for integration with simulation environments.
• Knowledge of asset pipeline toolchains supporting URDF, MJCF, USD formats for robot model management.