Simulation Engineer

Job Description :

An Isaac Sim expert has deep knowledge of NVIDIA's robotics simulation platform and its integration into robotics and AI workflows. This expertise covers building, testing, and training AI-driven robots in physically realistic virtual environments using the NVIDIA Omniverse platform .

Core areas of expertise : -

An Isaac Sim expert is skilled in a wide range of tasks and technologies essential for advanced robotics simulation :

• Physics simulation : Tuning and optimizing the high-fidelity, GPU-accelerated PhysX engine for realistic robot behavior.
• Synthetic data generation (SDG) : Using NVIDIA Omniverse Replicator to generate large, labeled datasets for training perception models. This includes randomizing scenes, objects, and lighting to create diverse data.
• Digital twins : Creating precise virtual replicas of real-world environments, such as factory floors, to design and validate robot applications before real-world deployment.
• Robot learning : Developing and accelerating reinforcement learning (RL) and imitation learning algorithms using the GPU-accelerated Isaac Lab framework.
• Sensor simulation : Accurately simulating a variety of sensors, including cameras, LiDAR, and contact sensors, with features like RTX real-time ray and path tracing.
• Robotics integration : Bridging the simulation to real-world robots using communication protocols like ROS and ROS 2.
• Workflow scripting : Using Python and the Core API for a wide range of tasks, from building environments to scripting complex robot behaviors.
• USD and Omniverse : Leveraging the Universal Scene Description (OpenUSD) file format to import, build, and share robot and environment assets.

Key skills for an Isaac Sim expert : -

Recruiters and project managers seeking an expert in this field often look for the following skills :