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Responsibilities
- Contribute to the architecture and development of the core simulation platform and high-performance digital twins.
- Build and scale cloud-native simulation pipelines capable of generating millions of experience hours per day.
- Parallelize physics and rendering to accelerate reinforcement learning policy iteration.
- Improve sim-to-real transfer through advanced contact models and actuator dynamics.
- Develop sensor-realistic environments involving camera, LiDAR, and depth sensing.
- Ship platform improvements that reduce iteration time for reinforcement learning, controls, and perception teams.
- Collaborate with Controls, AI Research, and Perception teams on evolving simulation requirements.
Requirements
- Excellent C++ and/or Python programming skills.
- Familiarity with software development best practices, automated testing, and code quality standards.
- Understanding of robotics concepts including kinematics, dynamics, controls, and system identification.
- Experience with modern robotic simulators such as Isaac Lab or MuJoCo.
- Understanding of reinforcement learning and VLAs, with research or production experience.
- Experience deploying parallel simulations on AWS, GCP, or Azure using distributed computing frameworks such as Ray or Kubernetes.
- Master’s or PhD in Computer Science, Robotics, Electrical Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
- At least five years of experience in robotic simulation, software engineering, or related fields.
Benefits
- Direct-hire position.
- Equal employment opportunity protections are provided under applicable federal, state, and local laws.
- The role requires prolonged desk and computer work and occasional lifting of up to 15 pounds.
Categories
Robotics
About Apptronik
Apptronik designs and manufactures AI-enabled humanoid robots, led by its Apollo platform, to automate tasks alongside people in manufacturing and logistics, with potential use in healthcare and homes. The privately held company is headquartered in Austin, Texas, and grew out of the University of Texas at Austin’s Human Centered Robotics Lab; its team previously worked on NASA’s Valkyrie robot. Apptronik’s business model centers on selling robots and the software and services needed to deploy them in industrial environments.