Senior Simulation Engineer

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Simulation Engineer to own and accelerate our synthetic data generation capabilities. This role is crucial for bridging the gap between our high-fidelity simulation environment and our production ML models. You will be responsible for architecting, implementing, and maintaining the entire simulation-to-data pipeline, ensuring a consistent and massive flow of quality training data. This will be an on-site position, working alongside our client in Mountain View, CA.

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Simulation Acceleration & Data Collection:
Directly utilize expertise in NVIDIA Isaac Sim to design, script, and optimize simulation scenarios specifically tailored to generate high-quality, diverse data for VLA (Vision-Language Alignment) and NOVA model training objectives

Pipeline Architecture:
Design, build, and maintain robust, scalable pipelines for CAD ingestion, scene creation, sensor emulation, and data processing within the Isaac Sim framework

Synthetic Data Management:
Implement and manage advanced auto-annotation tools within the simulation environment to rapidly label complex sensory data (e.g., 3D bounding boxes, semantic segmentation, depth maps) for supervised learning

Environment Maintenance:
Take ownership of setting up, configuring, and maintaining the simulation environment (including hardware/software dependencies, GPU utilization, and headless operation) to ensure reliable, large-scale parallel execution

Cross-Functional Support:
Collaborate closely with the Machine Learning Engineering team to analyze data gaps, iterate on simulation parameters, and ensure the synthetic data distribution matches the necessary complexity and variability of real-world deployment

Performance Tuning:
Profile and optimize simulation execution speed to maximize data throughput, essential for rapid iteration cycles in model tuning