Principal Simulation Engineer, Industrial Physics, Robotics

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Switzerland.

📋 Description

• Create and develop sophisticated physically based simulation systems tailored for robotics and industrial digital twins.

• Collaborate with various teams across PhysX, Newton, Omniverse, and Isaac robotics.

• Incorporate modern industrial and engineering simulation methodologies into NVIDIA’s scalable simulation architecture.

• Design, assess, and enhance techniques for multibody dynamics, contact and friction, flexible-body behavior, deformables, and associated numerical solvers.

• Integrate simulation with robotics workflows that involve ROS 2, CAD and URDF pipelines, OpenUSD assets, HIL/SIL environments, and controller-development loops.

• Support GPU-accelerated implementations and the scaling of advanced simulation algorithms.

• Mentor engineers and provide technical leadership throughout the organization!

⛳️ Requirements

• Proven experience in building or leading simulation software utilized in production engineering, robotics, industrial machinery, automotive, aerospace, manufacturing, or related fields.

• Over 15 years of pertinent industry experience, showcasing a sustained influence in simulation development, system design, or engineering software at scale.

• Master’s or PhD degree in a relevant field (e.g., mechanical engineering, robotics, computer science, applied mathematics, or physics), or equivalent expertise gained through professional experience.

• Extensive knowledge in several of the following areas: multibody dynamics, constrained systems, contact and friction, articulations, flexible bodies, cable or wire simulation, deformables, FEM, solver design, numerical integration, stiffness handling, or model reduction.

• Experience in validating simulators against physical systems, which may include a combination of test correlation, calibration, HIL/SIL workflows, or controller co-simulation.

• Proficient fluency in robotics-system integration and mechanical-engineering toolchains, including ROS 2, Simulink, Simscape, and model pipelines based on CAD, URDF, MJCF, or OpenUSD.

• Strong enthusiasm for utilizing modern AI-assisted and agentic development workflows in large-scale simulation systems.

• Significant experience in developing physically based simulation systems employed in production engineering settings.

• Exceptional problem-solving and communication abilities.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive salaries and a generous benefits package.