Modeling and Simulation Engineer
Mavenrobotics
Mavenrobotics
San Francisco Bay Area, California USA, San Francisco Bay Area
Employment type not specified
Valid through 9/4/2026
Job description
Role Description
We are looking to recruit an exceptional Modeling & Simulation Engineer to work on our robot models, environment models, and simulation pipeline.
In this role you will:
Define simulation requirements
Develop performant, cutting-edge mathematical models of robots, manipulators and the scenes in which they operate
Strike the perfect balance between fidelity and computational complexity
Integrate simulation-based assessment into CI/CD pipelines in a way that scales
Make simulation an indispensable part of our entire design, development and deployment process
You will be working closely with the Simulation, Motion Planning & Controls, Field Operations and Intelligence teams.
Qualifications
Must-have:
MS or PhD in engineering, mathematics, computer science or a related discipline
Experience in mathematical modeling of complex dynamic systems
Ability to take ownership of a large, strategically important development project and drive its success
Willingness to step in and support other teams when we have tight deadlines and problems to solve
Nice-to-have:
Familiarity with environments for robotic simulation including Isaac Sim
Experience in some combination of:
applied optimization
modeling of mechanical contact
creation of detailed 3D world models
GPU acceleration of physics simulations
deployment of numerically-intensive simulations to cloud compute platforms
integration of simulation tests into CI/CD pipelines
creation of simulation test cases from real-world data
simulation for HiL testing