Apptronik

Apptronik

Staff Simulation Architect - Core Simulation Platform

Austin, TX · Staff+

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PythonC++Distributed SystemsAWSGCPAzureCloud PlatformsKubernetesCI/CDMachine LearningComputer VisionLogisticsRoboticsTest AutomationResearchLeadership

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About the role

  • At the core of every robot policy we ship is a simulation platform that has to be fast enough for RL training, accurate enough for controls validation, and stable enough to be the team's daily driver.
  • You don't need a deep robotics or simulation background to thrive here: what matters most is a track record of architecting complex, high-performance, distributed software systems.
  • We'll pair you with senior team members who bring domain depth in physics and robotics.

Responsibilities

  • Own the architecture of the core simulation platform - high-performance distributed systems that serve as the foundation for policy training, controls validation, and CI/CD integration testing.
  • Design and drive the build-out of cloud-native pipelines capable of generating millions of experience hours per day, architecting how compute-heavy workloads parallelize and scale for rapid iteration.
  • Define the platform roadmap and review major design proposals, ensuring improvements visibly reduce iteration time for RL, controls, and perception teams.
  • Partner with Controls, AI Research, and Perception leadership to translate their evolving needs into a coherent, extensible architecture as the platform grows.
  • Establish architectural standards and mentor senior engineers on system design, bringing outside experience in distributed systems and software architecture into a robotics context.
  • Comfort ramping up quickly in a new technical domain, and partnering closely with subject-matter experts in physics, robotics, and ML to translate their needs into system design
  • Apptronik is a human-centered robotics company developing AI-powered robots to support humanity in every facet of life.

Requirements

  • Track record of making and defending architectural trade-offs (performance vs. flexibility, latency vs. throughput) and communicating them clearly to engineers and leadership
  • Experience with modern robotic simulators (Isaac Lab, MuJoCo, or equivalent)
  • Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience)
  • 7+ years of software engineering experience, including significant time in a software architecture or technical leadership role on complex, large-scale systems
  • Must be able to lift 15 pounds at times

Skills

  • Excellent C++ and/or Python programming skills, with a strong track record of applying them to large-scale system architecture
  • Proven experience architecting workloads on cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure) with distributed computing frameworks (e.g., Ray, Kubernetes)

Benefits

  • Our flagship humanoid robot, Apollo, is built to collaborate thoughtfully with people, starting with critical industries such as manufacturing and logistics, with future applications in healthcare, the home, and beyond.

Company info

  • JOB SUMMARY At the core of every robot policy we ship is a simulation platform that has to be fast enough for RL training, accurate enough for controls validation, and stable enough to be the team's daily driver.
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