6 months ago
Boston, MA, USASenior
Responsibilities
- Evaluate and extend physics engines, including MuJoCo and Newton.
- Scale and optimize GPU-based physics simulators for large training workloads.
- Improve the realism of contact-rich manipulation environments.
- Build automated tools and workflows to validate, tune, and optimize physical and visual assets.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science, Robotics, Engineering, or a related field.
- Strong C++ and Python programming skills.
- Hands-on experience with physics engines.
- Proven ability to build and scale high-performance, physics-based simulation environments.
- Preferred qualifications include expertise in rigid- and soft-body dynamics, contact mechanics, FEA, numerical stability, CAD import, mesh optimization, real-time rendering, reinforcement learning, policy training, differentiable physics, neural simulation models, contact-rich manipulation, legged locomotion, GPU acceleration, URDF, SDF, USD, and simulation-to-real deployment.
About Eka
Eka Robotics develops general-purpose robotic systems and autonomy software to bring reliable, high‑speed automation to real‑world environments. The company applies physics‑based methods alongside modern AI to build and deploy robots that can handle varied tasks across industries. Privately held and based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, it focuses on advancing and commercializing robotic intelligence for practical deployment.