Senior System Software Engineer, Robotics Simulation

Details

We are looking for a Senior System Software Engineer to join the Robotics Simulation team working on NVIDIA Isaac Sim — a robotics simulation platform that leverages NVIDIA AI and GPU technologies to train, validate, and optimize robots for real-world scenarios.

Responsibilities

• Build and integrate tools to configure, simulate, and test robots.
• Develop user interfaces and interactive extensions for asset configuration.
• Work with asset import and export pipelines using industry-standard formats.
• Interface with customers and UI/UX teams to develop workflows for robotics.

Requirements

• BS, MS, PhD (or equivalent experience) in Computer Science, Simulation, or a related field.
• 3+ years of experience in systems software engineering.
• Excellent C, C++, and Python programming skills.
• Flexibility to adapt quickly to varying roles and responsibilities.
• Experience with physics simulation, robotics, or motion planning & controls.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to collaborate with multi-functional teams, principals, and architects across organizational boundaries and geographies.

Ways to stand out

• Experience with Isaac Sim and Omniverse.
• Familiarity with USD, MJCF, URDF, and CAD formats.
• Experience with physical robots, reinforcement learning, and synthetic data generation.
• Experience with UI/UX for user- and developer-facing tools.
• Background with shipping and supporting software products.
• Experience with system-level optimization using multi-threading, asynchronous programming, concurrency, and parallelism.

Compensation & Benefits

• Base salary ranges (determined by location, experience, and internal pay equity):
  • Level 3: 116,250 CAD - 201,500 CAD
  • Level 4: 142,500 CAD - 247,000 CAD
• Eligible for equity and benefits (see NVIDIA benefits).

Additional information

• Location: Toronto, Canada (Hybrid) — see #LI-Hybrid.
• Employment type: Full time.
• Applications accepted at least until July 29, 2025.