Robotics & Simulation Engineer, Discovery
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Job Location:
Costa Mesa, CA - USA
Monthly Salary:
$ 146000 - 194000
Posted on:
9 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
ABOUT THE TEAM
The Discovery team at Anduril is at the forefront of incubating and maturing high-potential software-defined AI-native offerings that meet the toughest newest challenges across hardware software space and cyber domains. Were the architects of mission autonomy and mesh networking delivering scalable hardware solutions that meet some of the most urgent national security needs. By working hand-in-hand with elite teams in Perception AI Motion Planning Hardware Test Engineering Space Networking and Vehicle hardware we craft cutting-edge end-to-end systems that redefine mission success.
ABOUT THE JOB
We are seeking a Robotics & Simulation Engineer to own the simulation infrastructure training pipelines and deployment tooling that underpin our autonomous robotic systems. You will build and maintain the environments our RL and IL engineers train in the telemetry systems that diagnose real-world failures and the safety systems that protect operators and hardware during development and deployment.
WHAT YOULL DO
- Own and scale simulation environments for RL training (Isaac Gym Isaac Lab MuJoCo) including terrain generation articulated object models and domain randomization configurations
- Build and maintain the training-to-deployment pipeline: model export validation on-robot inference and rollback
- Develop telemetry and diagnostics tooling for real-time monitoring of robot state policy performance and anomaly detection during field testing
- Design and implement safety systems: software e-stops joint limit monitors fall detection interlocks and operator alert systems
- Build Isaac Sim environments for tasks requiring articulated objects (vehicle models doors mechanical assemblies)
- Optimize training infrastructure for GPU cluster utilization and iteration speed
- Maintain robot URDF/MJCF models and ensure fidelity between sim and real
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
- 3 years of experience in robotics simulation robot software infrastructure or ML training infrastructure
- Experience with physics simulation tools: NVIDIA Isaac Gym/Lab MuJoCo PhysX or PyBullet
- Strong software engineering skills in Python; experience with C a plus
- Experience with URDF/MJCF model creation and maintenance
- Working knowledge of dynamics controls and robotic systems
- Experience building developer tooling dashboards or monitoring systems
- Eligible to obtain and maintain a U.S. security clearance
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
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- Experience with NVIDIA Isaac Sim / Omniverse
- Experience with distributed training infrastructure or cluster management
- Prior work deploying ML models or control policies to real-world robotic systems
- Familiarity with ROS2 robot middleware or real-time systems
- Prior work in defense technology
US Salary Range
$146000 - $194000 USD
The salary range for this role is an estimate based on a wide range of compensation factors inclusive of base salary only. Actual salary offer may vary based on (but not limited to) work experience education and/or training critical skills and/or business considerations. Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full time offers; and are considered part of Andurils total compensation package. Additionally Anduril offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees including:
Benefits
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