Robotics Simulation Engineer

Akkodis is recruiting for a Sr Robitcs Simulation engineer for a client in the Warren, MI area. This is an onsite, contract position with a pay range of $40 an hour to $43 an hour depending on education, experience and location.

We are seeking a Senior Robotics Simulation Engineer with deep, hands-on expertise in building high-fidelity simulation environments and synthetic data pipelines using NVIDIA Isaac Sim or similar
. In this role, you will directly contribute to the development of scalable, realistic virtual worlds that power the training and validation of robotic foundation models for perception, planning, and manipulation.

• MSc or PhD in Robotics, Computer Graphics, Computer Vision, or related field
• 3+ years of hands-on experience in robotics simulation
  , synthetic data generation, or virtual environment development
• Proficiency with Isaac Sim
  , Omniverse, or similar simulation platforms
• Strong programming skills in Python and C++, with experience in simulation APIs and data annotation tools
• Familiarity with 3D vision, sensor modeling, and domain randomization techniques
• Experience integrating simulation outputs into ML pipelines for training and evaluation

• Experience with robotics frameworks (e.g., ROS/ROS2, Move It, Nav2)
• Background in industrial automation, autonomous vehicles, or robotic manipulation
• Publications or contributions in simulation, synthetic data, or robotics venues (e.g. ICRA, RSS, CVPR)
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and modern software development practices such as Bash, Github, Bazel, Docker

If interested forward resume to tina.j