Robotics Simulation Engineer

Your mission

As a Robotics Simulation Engineer, you will build and own the simulation infrastructure that underpins development and testing at NODE. You will create high-fidelity digital twins of intralogistics environments, develop and maintain robot models, and build the CI pipelines that run simulation-based regression tests against our navigation and fleet management software.
What you will do:

• Design, build, and maintain simulation environments for autonomous mobile robots in intralogistics settings
• Develop and refine robot models (URDF, SDF) including sensor simulation (LiDAR, odometry, cameras)
• Build and own simulation-based CI/CD pipelines on GitLab to automate regression testing
• Collaborate with Robotics Core engineers to close the sim-to-real gap and validate navigation and fleet management behaviors
• Evaluate and integrate new simulation tooling (e.g. NVIDIA Isaac Sim) where it improves fidelity or coverage
• Maintain and extend our custom simulation tooling alongside Gazebo

• Meaningful problems: real sim-to-real challenges on hardware that operates in production warehouses
• Greenfield opportunities: you shape how we build and evolve our simulation infrastructure
• Close to hardware: direct collaboration with the team building the physical robots
• Small, senior team: your work has direct impact on every release

Your profile

Must-have:

• 3–5 years of hands-on experience in robotics software development
• Strong proficiency in ROS 2
• Solid C++ and Python skills
• Experience with Gazebo (Ignition/Harmonic) — building environments, robot models, plugins
• Understanding of mobile robot fundamentals: kinematics, sensor models, localization, navigation
• Familiarity with CI/CD — specifically GitLab CI — for automated software testing

• Experience with NVIDIA Isaac Sim or other high-fidelity simulators
• Exposure to intralogistics, warehouse automation, or fleet management systems
• Multi-robot simulation experience
• Knowledge of digital twin concepts and tooling

What we offer

• Flexible Working Hours: There are no such thing as core work times.
• Public Transportation Allowance: We cover the majority of the cost of your commuter pass
• Sports: Get a free Urban Sports Club membership
• Learning Budget: A fixed yearly learning budget can be spent on anything.
• Discounts: We are part of the "Corporate Benefits" program.
• Accessibility: Our modern office space at ARENA2036 is barrier-free.