Modeling and Simulation Engineer

Mavenrobotics

San Francisco Bay Area, California USA, San Francisco Bay Area

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