Robotics Software Engineer, Simulation
San Francisco, CA$140k - $180kFull-timePosted 2w ago
About the role
Weave Robotics is hiring a Robotics Software Engineer, Simulation to build and own the simulation platform used across the company for validating kinematics, controls research, and sim-to-real work. The role focuses on environments, assets, robot models, and fidelity to ensure sim works with hardware, enabling rapid iteration and robust planning/SLAM.
Responsibilities
- Own the sim stack. Isaac Lab, MuJoCo, or equivalent: environments, assets, robot models, and tooling, kept current with every hardware revision.
- Model what matters. Actuator models and contact parameters aligned with dyno and robot data; determine the fidelity needed for transfer.
- Make training fast. GPU-parallel environment throughput, profiling, determinism and seeding for reproducible experiments.
- Serve sim-to-real. System-identification pipelines, domain randomization tooling, and honest side-by-side hardware comparison.
- Catch regressions before hardware does. Scenario and regression suites running controllers/policies in sim on changes.
- Keep assets true. Pipeline from CAD/robot description to sim-ready assets to reflect the actual build.
Qualifications
- 3+ years building simulation or robotics software, with deep hands-on experience in at least one modern robotics simulator (Isaac Lab/Isaac Sim, MuJoCo, Drake, or similar).
- Physics literacy: knowledge of contact solvers, fabrics solvers, integrators, and friction models, including limits of each.
- Strong Python and C++ and reliable research-facing platform development.
- Performance skill: experience profiling and scaling GPU-parallel workloads; treat environment throughput as a feature.
- Respect for the real robot: ability to compare sim to hardware and drive improvements in the sim.
Skills
Required:Robotics simulation software developmentRobotics simulatorsPythonC++GPU performance and profiling
Last updated Oct 7, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
About Weave Robotics
Personal robots for the home--that ship in 2025
Making the world’s first personal robot that's built for the home. Our robot, Isaac, will autonomously tidy up endless messes, fold laundry, and care for your home while you’re away, and we’re shipping our first 30 in fall of 2025.
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