Senior Simulation Product Engineer
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Job Location:
San Francisco, CA - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
30+ days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
About Nimble
Nimbleis a frontier robotics and AI company building the next era of autonomous logistics. We design manufacture and deploy intelligent robots that enable fast efficient and sustainable commerce at global scale. Our team is building generalized robot intelligence and developing the worlds first generalist super-humanoid robots capable of performing all core warehouse workflows with superhuman performance.
We recently closed a $106M Series C at a $1B valuation and we are continuing to grow our world-class team. Our long-term vision is to create the Autonomous Supply Chainreinventing how goods move through factories warehouses and last-mile distribution using next-generation intelligent robotic systems.
Nimble was founded out of Stanford and Carnegie Mellons top AI labs and is backed by the worlds most prestigious investors. Our board includes iconic leaders in AI and robotics such as Marc Raibert (Founder of Boston Dynamics) Fei-Fei Li (Former Chief Scientist of AI at Google Director of Stanfords AI lab) and Sebastian Thrun (Waymo Founder of Google X Kitty Hawk and Udacity).
Join us and leave your mark on the future of robotics AI and global commerce.
Why Join Nimble
At Nimble we are committed to building legendary products a legendary team and a legendary legacy. Join us and become part of an ambitious humble and resourceful culture where your work will leave a lasting impact on the future of robotics and commerce.
Nimbles Core Values:
Be relentlessly resourceful - Challenge conventions and overcome constraints.
Be legendary - Pursue excellence and craft work that inspires.
Be humble - Prioritize growth learning and the mission over ego.
Be dependable - Take ownership and deliver with integrity.
Role Summary
We are seeking a senior technically savvy Simulation Product Engineer to bridge the gap between our operational needs and the simulation platform. This is a critical technical role that uses the robotic fleet simulator as a tool for release assurance issue triage and strategic operational guidance.
Key Responsibilities
- Requirement Management: Serve as the primary liaison to Operations and System Integration teams understanding and curating complex operational and integration needs and translating them into clear actionable robot fleet simulator requirements.
- Development Partnership: Collaborate with the Simulator Development Engineer to define and document the simulator development requirement document.
- Release Assurance & Quality Gate: Analyze simulator results and validate outputs from nightly simulation runs to confidently approve or block fleet control and robot software releases.
- Issue Resolution & Triage: Utilize the simulator as the primary tool to triage and root-cause field issues reported from the Warehouse driving necessary fleet SW integration and Robot SW changes based on analysis and findings.
- Operational Alignment & Guidance: Work in lockstep with the operations team to minimize the discrepancy (sim-to-real gap) between simulation results and actual warehouse operations ensuring the simulator is a reliable forecasting tool.
- Strategic Volume Goal: Guide and support operations in configuration and setup changes for the warehouse to achieve and sustain the package handling volume goal.
Qualifications
- Bachelors or masters in computer science or electrical engineering or equivalent experience
- 5 years of experience in system validation operations research industrial engineering or complex system modeling/simulation preferably in robotics or automation.
- Proven ability to define and manage complex system requirements analyze large datasets and use simulation outputs to drive critical business decisions.
- Exceptional communication and cross-functional collaboration skills with experience working directly with engineering operations and product teams.
- A strong data-driven problem-solver with a proven track record of using analysis to influence high-stakes operational and engineering changes.
$180000 - $225000 a year
The above range is the base salary range. This position will also provide generous equity.
Culture:
We embrace challenges and strive to make the impossible possible each day. Were not in this to do whats easy or to be mediocre. We want to create something legendary and leave our mark on the world. Were ambitious were gritty were humble and were relentlessly resourceful in pursuit of our goals. If this sounds like you then you might be a great fit!
Press:
Link: Nimble Closes $106 Million Series C Funding Round Scales Fully Autonomous Fulfillment with FedEx
Nimble Robotics Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. We make all employment decisions based solely on merit. We provide equal employment opportunity to all applicants and employees without discrimination on the basis of race color religion national origin ancestry disability medical condition genetic information marital status sex gender gender identity gender expression sexual orientation age military or veteran status or any other characteristic protected by applicable state federal or local laws.
Nimbles Benefits
Paid Time Off
Enjoy the time you need to travel rejuvenate and connect with friends and family.
Health Insurance
Nimble provides medical dental and vision insurance through several premier plans and options to support you and your family.
Paid Parental Leave
Enjoy paid bonding time following a birth.
Commuter Benefits
Take the stress out of commuting with access to fully-paid parking spots.
Referral Bonus
Get a cash bonus for any friend or colleagues that you refer to us that we end up hiring.
401k
Contribute towards a 401k for retirement planning.
Equity
Be an owner in Nimble through our equity program
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Key Skills
- APQP
- Six Sigma
- GD&T
- Root cause Analysis
- CAD
- Project Leadership
- SolidWorks
- Mechanical Engineering
- Quality Management
- Product Development
- Catia
- Manufacturing
