Xaira Therapeutics
Robotics Systems & Simulation Engineer
$150K–$185K
South San Francisco, California, United States · Full-time · Posted Oct 21, 2026
- Experience
- No specific number of years stated.
- Education
- Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD in Computer Science, Robotics, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field.
About the job
Builds and validates simulation and digital-twin systems that connect robotic platforms to physical laboratory equipment and support robotics control, perception, and AI.
What you'll do
- Develop reusable Real2Sim and Sim2Real workflows, digital twins, and tools for integrating simulation with physical robot execution.
- Integrate AI models and task-level state machines with robotics; build synthetic-data, capture, replay, and evaluation workflows.
- Benchmark and improve system performance, validate installations, debug physical systems, and document architecture and procedures.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD in Computer Science, Robotics, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field; substantial relevant research or project experience is encouraged for recent graduates.
- Strong software engineering skills in one or more of Python, C++, or C#, and experience developing and debugging integrated applications in Linux.
- Hands-on experience building or extending robotics simulations or digital twins using Isaac Sim, MuJoCo, Gazebo, or comparable tools.
- Understanding of 3D coordinate transformations, robot kinematics, calibration, and simulated-to-physical systems; experience integrating robots or sensors through APIs, SDKs, ROS2, or comparable middleware.
Nice to have
- Experience with 3D reconstruction, CAD/robot-model pipelines, RGB-D perception, multi-view fusion, or learned scene representations.
- Experience integrating LLMs, vision-language models, AI agents, or Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers with external tools and physical systems.
Pay
$150,000 - $185,000 annually (base salary; USD)
Tools
Python, C++, C#, Linux, Isaac Sim, MuJoCo, Gazebo, ROS2
AI focus
Integrate AI models and task-level state machines with simulation and robotics; support embodied AI and AI-enabled drug discovery.
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