47 software simulation engineer jobs at 25 companies in American Canyon, CA
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Simulation Software Engineer
South San Francisco, California, United States
OnsiteFull Time
Zipline: Operates an autonomous drone delivery system for medical supplies.
4+ YOE4+ years software engineering with C++ or Rust, experience building high-fidelity robotics/aerospace simulations or digital twins, expertise in determinism, time synchronization, IPC, and CI/HIL environments; eligible to work in the US.
1X: Manufacturing safe, general-purpose humanoid robots for home and work.
4+ YOE4+ years programming in Python/C++ with robotics simulator experience (MuJoCo, PyBullet, Isaac Sim), experience optimizing physics/OpenGL pipelines, strong testing practices, and an MS or PhD in Computer Science or related field.
Python, C++, MuJoCo, PyBullet, Isaac Sim, OpenGL, Warp, JAX
Genesis AI: Building general-purpose robots with human-level physical intelligence.
Experience building simulation and robotics infrastructure, strong software engineering in Python or C++, and knowledge of distributed systems, data pipelines, and production engineering practices.
Python, C++, genesis-world, Isaac Sim, MuJoCo, Newton, Drake, Gazebo
Embedding VC: Venture capital firm backing early-stage generative AI startups.
Experience building robotics simulation systems, strong software engineering (Python/C++), knowledge of physics/sensor simulation and sim-to-real transfer, and ability to collaborate with robotics and ML teams.
Isaac Sim, NVIDIA Isaac Sim, Omniverse, MuJoCo, PyBullet, Gazebo, Drake, Python, C++, ROS2
Waymo: Autonomous driving technology for ride-hailing and logistics.
Experience with 3D simulation engines, approximating the real world with data simulation (physics, light transport, photogrammetry, NeRFs, Gaussian splats), and efficient asset management pipelines; experience integrating with ML pipelines preferred.
Senior Software Engineer - 3D Simulation Applications
Foster City or Seattle
$208k-$300k/yrHybridFull Time
ZooxNASDAQ: AMZN: Developing autonomous robotaxis for urban ride-hailing services.
5+ YOEBachelor’s/Master’s/PhD in CS with 5+ years in software engineering and systems design; Python and/or C++; ML concepts; customer deployment experience; strong communication and cross-team collaboration.
Agility Robotics: Develops bipedal humanoid robots for industrial warehouse automation.
10+ YOE5+ Mgmt10+ years industry experience (5+ in robotics), leadership experience building engineering teams, MS/PhD preferred, proficiency in C++ and Python, experience with robotics simulators and software development practices.
Logistics Research Team - Software Engineer (Mid-Level)
San Francisco, California, United States
$160k-$200k/yrHybridFull Time
Sprinter Health: Mobile provider of in-home diagnostic and preventive healthcare services.
5+ YOE5+ years software engineering experience; proficiency in TypeScript/JavaScript and/or Python; experience with optimization, forecasting, simulation, or operations research; production system delivery and cross-functional collaboration.
Member of Technical Staff - Simulation (Synthetic Data Generation), Frontier AI & Robotics (FAR)
San Francisco, California, United States
$150k-$300k/yrOnsiteFull Time
AmazonNASDAQ: AMZN: Global online retail and cloud computing technology provider.
5+ YOEBachelor's in CS (or equivalent), 5+ years software development, 5+ years programming and systems design experience, Python proficiency (familiarity with C++), experience in 3D domains and asset/pipeline automation.
Kodiak RoboticsNASDAQ: KDK: Develops autonomous driving technology for commercial trucking and defense.
5+ YOE5+ years C++ experience optimizing large-scale systems; experience building tools, libraries, frameworks, or developer workflows; familiarity with metrics, logs, testing, debugging, simulation, and data-driven evaluation; strong systems thinking and collaboration skills.
Sony Interactive EntertainmentNYSE: SONY: Provides PlayStation gaming hardware, software, and digital network services.
3+ YOEMaster's in Computer Science (or equivalent) and 3+ years R&D experience in human modeling/simulation, computer vision and ML; experience with camera/sensor simulation, graphics pipelines, and ML frameworks (TensorFlow, PyTorch).
Gritt Robotics: Developing autonomous robots to automate outdoor construction tasks.
4+ YOEMS/PhD in robotics/CS/EE; 4+ years in perception ML for robotics; experience with detection/segmentation/pose; Python, PyTorch; synthetic data pipelines and robotics simulators; US work eligibility.
Waabi: Develops Physical AI for autonomous trucking and robotaxis.
3+ YOEBachelors in engineering and 3+ years in automotive/robotics or related industry; experience in systems verification & validation, autonomous vehicle stack, simulation, and strong software skills (Python, C++, Rust).
Code Metal: Verifiable AI-powered code translation for mission-critical industries.
7+ YOE7+ years Python software development, experience with scalable APIs, Docker, cloud distributed systems, stakeholder-driven design, SDLC best practices; eligible for U.S. Top Secret clearance.
Software Engineering Intern – Distributed Simulation Systems
Emeryville, California, United States
$25-$60/hrHybridFull Time, Internship
Astera Institute: Conducts fundamental research in artificial intelligence and longevity science.
Strong programming fundamentals; experience with C++, Python, or similar systems languages; familiarity with Linux; understanding of data structures, algorithms, and concurrency; interest in distributed systems and systems engineering.
C++, Python, Linux, MuJoCo, Unity, Unreal, PyTorch, CUDA
Modeling and Simulation Module Developer - Data & AI Acceleration (Hybrid)
South San Francisco, California, United States
$97k-$184k/yrHybridFull Time
AbbVieNYSE: ABBV: Develops and sells innovative pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical medicines.
3+ YOEMaster's+3–5 years or PhD in quantitative field, strong R development, dashboard and agentic AI experience, statistical rigor, software engineering best practices, and stakeholder collaboration.
Astro Mechanica: Building turboelectric jet engines for supersonic aircraft.
5+ YOE5+ years of GNC development experience in aerospace/autonomous vehicles; Master’s or PhD in robotics, aerospace, or electrical engineering; strong modeling, simulation, and software skills; proficient in Rust, C++, Python; capable of cross-disciplinary collaboration and mentoring.
Rust, C++, Python, Software development practices, Dynamics modeling and simulation
GridCARE: Unlocking electrical grid capacity for AI data center power.
1+ YOEMaster's or equivalent in a quantitative field, 1+ years industry or applied research experience (1–5 years typical), production-quality Python or Julia coding, optimization solvers and simulation experience, strong math and software engineering.
Atoms: Building robotics and software to automate physical world industries.
3+ YOE3+ years software engineering with testing infrastructure/CI/CD experience, strong Python, simulation and distributed-systems familiarity, excellent debugging and systems thinking. Preferred: robotics, simulation tools, pub/sub and binary serialization formats, C++, cloud and Kubernetes.
Pronto AI: Develops autonomous haulage technology for mining and industrial equipment.
4+ YOE4+ years software engineering experience; strong Python; experience building testing infrastructure, CI/CD and test orchestration, distributed systems, simulation, and debugging; familiarity with C++ and robotics preferred.
Python, pytest, Docker, GitHub Actions, Slack, Notion, Gazebo, CARLA, Isaac Sim, ZMQ, ROS, DDS, Cap'n Proto, Protobuf, AWS, GCP, Kubernetes, C++