Simulation Team Lead
Sunrise Robotics Corporation · Remote · CET +/- 3 ·
COMPENSATION
€•• – ••k
Listed on the employer's job board (Ashby)
- Simulation Team Lead
- Robotics & AI focus
- Hands-on leadership
- Python & Physics Sim
- Fully remote likely
Lead the simulation strategy at Sunrise Robotics, shaping the digital foundation that powers AI training and solution validation. You will manage a team across physics, 3D design, and software engineering to ensure virtual behaviors transfer reliably to real-world manufacturing systems.
This position combines technical expertise in robotics simulation with people leadership. You will define roadmaps, maintain production quality standards, and mentor engineers while working at the intersection of AI, computer graphics, and physical deployment.
What you'll do
- Hire, mentor, and manage a multidisciplinary simulation team
- Set quality standards for AI training and robotics behavior simulations
- Collaborate with tech leads on digital replica and synthetic data direction
- Define team roadmap, monitor progress, and reduce technical debt
- Run operational cadence including reviews, standups, and retrospectives
What you'll need
- Proven track record leading teams in simulation, robotics, or graphics
- Strong people-leadership skills with focus on feedback and growth
- Technical expertise in robotics and physics-based simulation
- Solid Python software engineering fundamentals for code review
- Experience architecting robust systems for real-world production
- Hands-on experience with NVIDIA Isaac, PhysX, MuJoCo, or Gazebo
- Proficiency with OpenUSD scene building
- Ability to communicate complex architectural decisions clearly
Nice to have
- Experience with large-scale GPU compute for synthetic data or RL
- Modeling robotic kinematics, dynamics, and sensors with ROS2
- Background in industrial or collaborative robotics
- Experience with reinforcement learning environments at scale
- Familiarity with Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, GCP, or SLURM
Stack
- NVIDIA Isaac Sim
- Isaac Lab
- PhysX
- MuJoCo
- Gazebo
- OpenUSD
- Python
- ROS2
- Docker
- Kubernetes
- AWS
- GCP