Staff Software Engineer - Robotics (Simulation)
General Motors4 days ago
Base Salary
$160k - $291k/yr
Responsibilities
- Build and own simulation environments for manipulation, perception, and navigation validation.
- Model robot platforms using physically accurate dynamics, kinematics, and actuation.
- Implement realistic sensor models for RGB-D cameras, LiDAR, and other supported sensors.
- Build scene and facility authoring tools, including CAD and plant-model import paths.
- Integrate simulation into CI so scenario coverage runs on every release candidate.
- Support AI teams with simulation for data generation and policy evaluation.
- Drive the virtual commissioning and digital twin roadmap, including workcell import and collaborative authoring.
- Quantify and document divergence between simulation and hardware.
- Support other teams as an infrastructure owner.
Requirements
- 6+ years of professional software engineering experience, including 4+ years building or operating robotics simulation.
- Experience validating real robot behavior against simulation and closing the simulation-to-hardware gap.
- M.S. degree or higher in Robotics, Computer Science, Mechanical Engineering, or a closely related technical field, or equivalent industry experience with demonstrated simulation depth.
- Hands-on experience with a commercial or open-source simulator such as Process Simulate, Isaac Sim, or Gazebo.
- Strong understanding of rigid-body dynamics, contact modeling, numerical integration, and solver limitations.
- Experience with sensor simulation and rendering, including LiDAR and depth-camera models.
- Experience with GPU-accelerated or parallel simulation for large-scale data generation.
- Experience with URDF, SDF, and USD robot description formats and their conversion pitfalls.
- Proficiency in C++ and Python.
- Ability to assess required simulation fidelity, identify untrustworthy results, and balance speed against accuracy.
- Preferred experience with sim-to-real transfer, domain randomization, virtual commissioning, digital twins, Visual Components, Process Simulate, or ROS ecosystem contributions.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision, Health Savings Account, Flexible Spending Accounts, retirement savings, sickness and accident benefits, life insurance, paid vacation and holidays, tuition assistance, employee assistance, and GM vehicle discounts.
- Eligible employees may participate in a company vehicle evaluation program after a successful motor vehicle report review, subject to program requirements.
- The role is based remotely; employees within a specified radius of a GM hub are expected to report there three times per week or at another frequency set by their manager.
- Relocation benefits are available for candidates who qualify under company policy.
About General Motors
General Motors designs, manufactures, and sells cars, trucks, and electric vehicles for consumers and commercial fleets under brands including Chevrolet, GMC, Cadillac, and Buick. A public company on the NYSE headquartered in Detroit and founded in 1908, it operates globally and is developing EVs on its Ultium battery platform. Revenue comes from vehicle and parts sales, connected services such as OnStar, and financing through GM Financial.