Senior Simulation Engineer - Scan2Sim and Asset Library

JOB SUMMARY

Apollo doesn’t get to do useful work until we can simulate every environment we want to deploy it in — and that pipeline is yours to build. As Senior Simulation Engineer for Scan2Sim & Asset Library you’ll own the path from real-world site walkthroughs and object captures to high-fidelity simulation scenes applying expertise in 3D content pipelines scene description formats and physics-asset modeling to scale Apollo into new factories warehouses and homes. 

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Ship an end-to-end environment capture pipeline that turns real-world site walkthroughs into high-fidelity simulation scenes with collision proxy geometry that keeps depth sensors and LiDAR behaving correctly.
• Build a manipulable-object asset pipeline that turns customer parts tools and household objects into curated simulation assets with grounded mass inertia and friction properties.
• Define and operate the asset ingestion path into our managed asset store including authoring tools validation versioning and metadata schemas for scenes and objects.
• Drive physical fidelity of scene and object assets — collision geometry contact properties and material parameters — in close partnership with the Simulation Infrastructure team.
• Establish object-library curation and tagging conventions that scale as the Apollo deployment surface grows.
• Partner with Perception ML Ops and the Deployment / Field Engineering teams to onboard new customer sites into simulation faster than the next site arrives.

SKILLS AND REQUIREMENTS

• Strong proficiency in Python and modern C++
• Hands-on experience with a 3D content pipeline (Blender Maya Houdini or equivalent)
• Working knowledge of modern scene description and physics-asset formats (OpenUSD URDF MJCF) and the geometric/inertial subtleties that make or break sim-to-real transfer
• Experience with at least one major physics simulator
• Experience with neural reconstruction (Gaussian splatting NeRF) photogrammetry or 3D capture pipelines
• Familiarity with collision geometry optimization for manipulation tasks (e.g. convex decomposition)

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science Robotics Computer Engineering or related field (or equivalent experience)
• 5+ years of experience in software engineering robotics simulation 3D pipelines or related fields

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer
• Must be able to lift 15 pounds at times
• Vision to read printed materials and a computer screen
• Hearing and speech to communicate

What We Do

Apptronik is building robots for the real world to improve human quality of life and to help solve the ever-increasing labor shortage problem. Our team has been building some of the most advanced robots on the planet for years dating back to the DARPA Robotics Challenge. We apply our expertise across the full robotics stack to some of the most important and impactful problems our society faces and expect our products and technology to change the world for the better. We value passion creativity and collaboration to help us overcome existing technological barriers in the industry to create truly innovative products.

Why Work With Us

At Apptronik we don't see a future where man competes against machine. Instead we envision a harmonious world where man and machine coexist. Our mission statement "It is not Man vs. Machine but Man + Machine" encapsulates our belief that the synergy between humans and robots will pave the way for a brighter more advanced future.

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