Apptronik
Robotics
SeniorSimulationEngineer-Scan2SimandAssetLibrary
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“Senior Simulation Engineer - Scan2Sim and Asset Library at Apptronik. Skills: Simulation, 3D Content Pipeline, Physics Asset Modeling. Ship environment capture pipeline. Build object asset pipeline”
Industry & Context.
Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk, working on a computer, Must be able to lift 15 pounds at times, Vision to read printed materials and a computer screen, Hearing and speech to communicate
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Python, modern C++, 3D content pipeline, scene description and physics-asset formats, major physics simulator, neural reconstruction, photogrammetry, 3D capture pipelines, collision geometry optimization
Nice to Have
Blender, Maya, Houdini, OpenUSD, URDF, MJCF, Gaussian splatting, NeRF
What You'll Do.
Ship environment capture pipeline
Build object asset pipeline
Define asset ingestion path
Drive physical fidelity
Establish object-library curation
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Partner with Simulation Infrastructure team; Partner with Perception team; Partner with ML Ops team; Partner with Deployment / Field Engineering teams
Full Job Description
Apptronik is a human-centered robotics company developing AI-powered robots to support humanity in every facet of life. 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. We operate at the cutting edge of embodied AI, applying our expertise across the full robotics stack to solve some of society's most important problems. You will join a team dedicated to bringing Apollo to market at scale, tackling the complex challenges like safety, commercialization, and mass production to change the world for the better. JOB SUMMARY Apollo doesn’t get to do useful work until we can simulate every environment we want to deploy it in — and that pipeline is yours to build. As Senior Simulation Engineer for Scan2Sim & Asset Library, you’ll own the path from real-world site walkthroughs and object captures to high-fidelity simulation scenes, applying expertise in 3D content pipelines, scene description formats, and physics-asset modeling to scale Apollo into new factories, warehouses, and homes. ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES Ship an end-to-end environment capture pipeline that turns real-world site walkthroughs into high-fidelity simulation scenes, with collision proxy geometry that keeps depth sensors and LiDAR behaving correctly. Build a manipulable-object asset pipeline that turns customer parts, tools, and household objects into curated simulation assets with grounded mass, inertia, and friction properties. Define and operate the asset ingestion path into our managed asset store, including authoring tools, validation, versioning, and metadata schemas for scenes and objects. Drive physical fidelity of scene and object assets — collision geometry, contact properties, and material parameters — in close partnership with the Simulation Infrastructure team. Establish object-library curation and tagging conventio
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