Principal Robotics Simulation Architect

Amd

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On-site
Location
Austin, TXSanta Clara, CA
Salary
$204,000–$306,000 / yr
Posted
148 days ago
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Confirmed live today
Closes
Jun 1, 2027

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AMD (Advanced Micro Devices) is a semiconductor company that develops high-performance processors, graphics cards, and adaptive computing solutions for gaming, data centers, and embedded markets. Industry: Semiconductors

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TL;DR · Principal Robotics Simulation Architect

The Principal Robotics Simulation Architect will join the team as a Senior Robotics Simulation Expert to select and advance simulation architecture solutions for robotic systems. The role involves building robust pipelines for transferring learned behaviors, sensor models, and physics parameters between simulation and real-world systems while minimizing the reality gap. Key responsibilities include architecting scalable cloud-based simulation infrastructure, integrating AI/ML frameworks for reinforcement learning and synthetic data generation, and designing SIL and HIL testing frameworks to validate perception, planning, and control modules. Required expertise includes platforms like NVIDIA Isaac Sim, Gazebo, MuJoCo, Webots, or Unreal Engine, alongside PyTorch, TensorFlow, Isaac Lab, and ROS or ROS2. The work focuses on digital twin development, sim-to-real pipelines, and real-time state synchronization for autonomous environments.

What you'll do

  • Build pipelines to transfer learned behaviors, sensor models, and physics parameters between simulation and real-world systems.
  • Architect and deploy scalable, low-latency simulation infrastructure on cloud platforms for distributed training.
  • Integrate AI/ML frameworks into simulation environments for reinforcement learning and synthetic data generation.
  • Design and implement SIL testing frameworks to validate perception, planning, and control modules.
  • Develop and maintain HIL testing setups to interface real hardware with simulated environments.
  • Maintain digital twin models for robotic systems with real-time state synchronization and physics calibration.
  • Research and implement the latest trends in sim-to-real methodologies and robotics simulation frameworks.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor’s or Master’s in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a closely related field.
  • Experience in simulation architecture using platforms such as NVIDIA Isaac Sim, Gazebo, MuJoCo, Webots, or Unreal Engine (preferred).
  • Experience developing and maintaining digital twin models for robotic systems with real-time state synchronization and physics calibration (preferred).
  • Experience designing domain randomization strategies, sensor noise modeling, and physics engine calibration for sim-to-real pipelines (preferred).
  • Expertise in architecting and deploying containerized and distributed simulation workflows on cloud platforms (preferred).
  • Experience integrating machine learning frameworks like PyTorch, TensorFlow, or Isaac Lab into simulation pipelines (preferred).
  • Hands-on experience designing and executing Software-in-the-Loop and Hardware-in-the-Loop testing workflows (preferred).
  • Proven experience with ROS and ROS2 in simulation and real-world robotic deployments (preferred).

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