Intuitive is a global medical technology company headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, and a pioneer in robotic-assisted surgery. It develops, manufactures, and markets minimally invasive care systems, including the da Vinci surgical system and the Ion endoluminal system. The company helps physicians and hospitals perform complex procedures with enhanced precision, visualization, and control.
HQ: Sunnyvale, United States • Health Care • Robotics • Medical Devices • Medical & Healthcare Robotics • 1001-5000 employees
≈ $140k – $292k per year (Estimated) • Staff+ • 9+ years exp • In office (Peachtree Corners, United States) • Master's Degree • Full-Time • Middle • English
Python
AI/ML
Computer Vision
Multimodal AI
Post-training
PyTorch
Time Series Forecasting
Ray
DevOps
Docker
Kubernetes
SLURM
Robotics
Isaac Lab
Isaac Sim
MuJoCo
Sim-to-Real
≈ $159k – $308k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 5+ years exp • In office (San Francisco, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Middle • English
C++
Java
Python
TypeScript
C++
PyTorch C++
TensorFlow C++
Python
Celery
Databases
Apache Kafka
RabbitMQ
Redis
AI/ML
Computer Vision
Synthetic Data
Time Series Forecasting
JAX
MLFlow
PyTorch
Ray
TensorFlow
Weights & Biases
DevOps
CI/CD
Docker
Kubernetes
SLURM
Game Dev
NVIDIA PhysX
Robotics
Isaac Lab
Isaac Sim
MuJoCo
Sim-to-Real
Gazebo
ROS
≈ $124k – $244k per year (Estimated) • Senior • In office (Sunnyvale, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Middle
C#
C++
Python
AI/ML
Synthetic Data
CUDA Toolkit
Diffusion Models
Gaussian Splatting
Ray
CUDA
DevOps
Docker
Git
Kubernetes
SLURM
Game Dev
NVIDIA PhysX
Unity
Robotics
Sim-to-Real
Isaac Sim
MuJoCo
SOFA
Design
Blender
American manufacturing, automated. AI robot workcells qualified off-site — live on your floor in weeks, not quarters.
San Francisco • Industrial Automation • Robotics • Industrial Robotics • 51-200 employees • Est. 2025
$120k – $170k per year • In office (San Francisco, United States) • Full-Time
C++
Python
AI/ML
Computer Vision
DINOv2
Quantization
TensorRT
Robotics
Localization
Perception
ROS
ROS2
Imitation Learning
Motion Planning
Sim-to-Real
Bucket Robotics is a Y Combinator-backed industrial AI technology startup that builds edge-deployed vision systems for automated defect detection in high-volume manufacturing. By generating photorealistic synthetic datasets directly from 3D CAD files, the platform eliminates the need for manual image collection and labeling when training computer vision models. Engineered to operate under variable lighting, changing parts, and uncalibrated line conditions, its edge software integrates directly with existing factory cameras across operations such as injection molding, casting, and surface finishing.
San Francisco
$120k – $165k per year • Equity 0.7–2.8% • Middle • 3+ years exp • In office (San Francisco, United States) • Full-Time • Middle
Python
AI/ML
Computer Vision
PyTorch
Synthetic Data
CUDA Toolkit
CUDA
Robotics
Sim-to-Real
Tekton Dynamics builds the AI control layer that turns any robot into an autonomous expert welder. Automate welding even on high-mix products — no programming needed.
London • Industrial Robotics • 11-50 employees
$135k – $203k per year • Equity 0.5–2% • Middle • 3+ years exp • In office (London, United Kingdom) • Full-Time • Middle
Python
AI/ML
Computer Vision
DevOps
Tekton
Robotics
Sim-to-Real
Motion Planning
Management
Slack
MMLab@NTU is an academic research laboratory housed within Nanyang Technological University (NTU Singapore). Founded in 2018 and led by prominent faculty including Prof. Chen Change Loy and Prof. Ziwei Liu, the lab comprises roughly 40 researchers pioneering artificial intelligence, computer vision, multimodal foundation models, spatial intelligence (3D/4D generation), and embodied AI (vision-language-action robotics).
Singapore • Artificial Intelligence • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 2018
≈ $83k – $230k per year (Estimated) • Middle • In office (Singapore) • Master's Degree • Full-Time • Middle
C++
Python
C++
PyTorch C++
AI/ML
Computer Vision
Multimodal AI
PyTorch
Reinforcement Learning
Robotics
Isaac Gym
Reinforcement Learning
ROS
Sim-to-Real
Symbotic is a global provider of integrated supply network automation solutions for warehouses and distribution centers. Our Symbotic Employees build hardware and software solutions that will change the way the world distributes product from manu...
HQ: Wilmington, United States • Warehousing • Robotics • Logistics & Warehouse Robotics • 1001-5000 employees
$149k – $205k per year • Senior • 8+ years exp • In office (Wilmington, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Senior
C#
C++
Python
C++
PyTorch C++
AI/ML
Computer Vision
Data Augmentation
Gaussian Splatting
Synthetic Data
JAX
PyTorch
Robotics
Localization
Perception
Sim-to-Real
Sensor Fusion
SLAM
DoorDash is an American technology company headquartered in San Francisco that operates a leading global local commerce and on-demand delivery platform. The company connects consumers with local merchants, offering last-mile logistics for restaurant meals, groceries, convenience goods, and retail items delivered by independent couriers. Beyond its core consumer marketplace, DoorDash provides digital ordering software, merchant advertising tools, and white-label fulfillment services for businesses across multiple countries.
HQ: San Francisco, United States • Commerce • Marketplaces • Transportation & Logistics • Delivery
$4k – $14k per year • Equity • Staff+ • In office (San Francisco, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Staff
C++
AI/ML
Claude
Claude Code
Cursor
JAX
Reinforcement Learning
OpenAI Codex
AI Agents
TensorRT
Robotics
Reinforcement Learning
Sim-to-Real
Wayve is a British autonomous driving technology company that develops end-to-end "Embodied AI" foundation models for self-driving vehicles and advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS). Founded in 2017 by University of Cambridge researchers, Wayve pioneered what it calls the "AV2.0" approach to autonomous vehicles. Unlike traditional self-driving stacks that rely on rigid hand-coded rules, high-definition (HD) 3D maps, and specialized sensors, Wayve uses a unified deep learning model.
HQ: London, United Kingdom • Transportation & Logistics • Ride Hailing • Artificial Intelligence • Autonomous Driving • 201-500 employees
≈ $110k – $307k per year (Estimated) • Middle • 4+ years exp • Remote/Hybrid (London, United Kingdom) • Middle
Python
AI/ML
Ignite
Multimodal AI
PyTorch
Reinforcement Learning
Robotics
Reinforcement Learning
Sensor Fusion
Sim-to-Real
$230k – $380k per year • Equity • Middle • 3+ years exp • In office (Sunnyvale, United States) • Relocation • Visa sponsorship • Master's Degree • Middle
Python
AI/ML
Computer Vision
Ignite
Multimodal AI
PyTorch
Reinforcement Learning
RLHF
Synthetic Data
Mixture of Experts
DeepSpeed
JAX
FSDP
Robotics
Reinforcement Learning
Sim-to-Real
≈ $143k – $303k per year (Estimated) • Middle • 3+ years exp • Remote/Hybrid (Vancouver, Canada) • Relocation • Visa sponsorship • Master's Degree • Middle
Python
AI/ML
Computer Vision
Ignite
Multimodal AI
PyTorch
Reinforcement Learning
RLHF
Synthetic Data
Mixture of Experts
DeepSpeed
JAX
FSDP
Robotics
Reinforcement Learning
Sim-to-Real
True Anomaly is a defense technology company dedicated to advancing space security and defense capabilities. The company designs and builds innovative spacecraft, such as its highly maneuverable Jackal autonomous orbital vehicles, paired with the Mosaic software platform for advanced mission management.
HQ: Centennial, United States • Space & Aerospace • Military • Space Defense • 1001-5000 employees
≈ $82k – $190k per year (Estimated) • Junior • In office (Denver, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Internship • Junior
C++
Python
C++
PyTorch C++
TensorFlow C++
AI/ML
Computer Vision
ONNX
PyTorch
ResNet
TensorRT
YOLO
CNN
Multimodal AI
OpenCV
Quantization
Synthetic Data
TensorFlow
Robotics
Perception
Sim-to-Real
ROS
Sensor Fusion
Apptronik is a humanoid robotics company spun out of a robotics laboratory at the University of Texas at Austin in 2016. Its Apollo robot is designed for logistics and manufacturing work such as case handling and machine tending, with force-controlled actuators built in-house. The company works with Google DeepMind on robot learning and has run pilots with large manufacturers and retailers.
HQ: Austin, United States • Artificial Intelligence • Design & Creative • Robotics • Est. 2016
≈ $153k – $302k per year (Estimated) • Staff+ • 6+ years exp • In office (Austin, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Staff
Python
DevOps
Docker
Robotics
Isaac Sim
MuJoCo
Sim-to-Real
≈ $156k – $311k per year (Estimated) • Middle • 3+ years exp • In office (Austin, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Middle
C++
Python
AI/ML
Reinforcement Learning
Computer Vision
Robotics
Drake
Imitation Learning
Isaac Sim
MuJoCo
Reinforcement Learning
Sim-to-Real
Teleoperation
$230k – $260k per year • Senior • 5+ years exp • In office (Sunnyvale, United States) • Master's Degree • Senior
C++
Python
C++
PyTorch C++
AI/ML
Fine-tuning
JAX
PyTorch
Reinforcement Learning
Robotics
Imitation Learning
Isaac Gym
MuJoCo
Reinforcement Learning
Sim-to-Real
Teleoperation
Persona AI is a humanoid robotics startup founded in 2024 to build industrial robots for shipbuilding and heavy fabrication. Its founding team came from Apptronik, NASA's Valkyrie programme and conversational artificial intelligence startups. The company works with Korean shipbuilder HD Hyundai on welding robots for dangerous shipyard tasks.
HQ: Houston, United States • Humanoid Robots • Military Robotics • Robotics AI • 201-500 employees • Est. 2024
≈ $135k – $244k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 5+ years exp • In office (Houston, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Senior
Python
Rust
Robotics
Sim-to-Real
Teleoperation
≈ $99k – $231k per year (Estimated) • Junior • 2+ years exp • In office (Houston, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Junior
Python
AI/ML
JAX
PyTorch
Reinforcement Learning
Function Calling
Robotics
Imitation Learning
Isaac Lab
Isaac Sim
MuJoCo
Reinforcement Learning
Sim-to-Real
Applied Intuition is a Silicon Valley software company founded in 2017 that develops digital infrastructure and simulation platforms for autonomous systems and physical AI. The platform provides advanced tools for simulation, synthetic data generation, and vehicle software management, allowing engineers to develop, test, and safely deploy self-driving technology. It serves leading global automotive manufacturers, defense organizations, and commercial transport companies across sectors like trucking, agriculture, and mining.
HQ: Mountain View, United States • Smart Mobility • Manufacturing • Automotive Manufacturing • Artificial Intelligence • Autonomous Driving • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 2017
$250k – $423k per year • Junior • 1+ year exp • In office (Sunnyvale, United States) • PhD • Full-Time • Junior
Computer Vision
Reinforcement Learning
Post-training
Robotics
Reinforcement Learning
Imitation Learning
Sim-to-Real
Teleoperation
Humanoid (SKL Robotics Ltd.) is an AI and physical robotics company headquartered in London, United Kingdom, with operations in Boston and Vancouver. Founded in 2024 by CEO Artem Sokolov, the company develops commercially scalable, general-purpose humanoid robots designed to safely collaborate alongside human workers in manufacturing, logistics, and industrial environments.
HQ: London, United Kingdom • Hardware • Military • Robotics • Humanoid Robots • Military Robotics • Robotics Hardware • 501-1000 employees • Est. 2024
Equity • In office (Boston, United States) • Full-Time
C++
Python
AI/ML
Time Series Forecasting
DevOps
Grafana
Robotics
Teleoperation
Isaac Lab
Isaac Sim
MuJoCo
Sim-to-Real
≈ $96k – $174k per year (Estimated) • Equity • Senior • In office (London, United Kingdom) • Full-Time • Senior
C++
Python
AI/ML
Time Series Forecasting
DevOps
CI/CD
Git
Robotics
ROS
ROS2
Isaac Lab
Isaac Sim
MuJoCo
Sim-to-Real
≈ $105k – $221k per year (Estimated) • In office (London, United Kingdom) • Master's Degree • Full-Time
C++
Python
AI/ML
Reinforcement Learning
PPO
Robotics
Isaac Lab
MuJoCo
Reinforcement Learning
Sim-to-Real
Isaac Sim
Phaidra provides artificial intelligence agents for AI factories that orchestrate the cooling, power and workload management systems to maximize tokens produced per watt.
Cambridge • Artificial Intelligence • Data Centers • AI Agents • Est. 2010
$130k – $179k per year • Senior • 5+ years exp • Remote (United States) • Master's Degree • Cofounder • Senior
Python
AI/ML
AI Agents
Fine-tuning
Reinforcement Learning
PyTorch
Ray
SciPy
DevOps
Docker
GCP
Kubernetes
GitLab
Robotics
Sim-to-Real
Management
Slack
Bosch is a leading global supplier of technology and services, operating across mobility solutions, industrial technology, consumer goods, and energy and building technology. Headquartered in Germany, the enterprise is renowned for its innovations in Internet of Things (IoT) software, automotive components, power tools, and household appliances.
HQ: Gerlingen, Germany • Consumer Electronics • Artificial Intelligence • Hardware • Home Appliances • Automotive Manufacturing • Manufacturing • Consumer Goods • 5000+ employees
$165k – $180k per year • Middle • 3+ years exp • Remote/Hybrid (Sunnyvale, United States) • Master's Degree • Full-Time • Middle
Python
AI/ML
AI Agents
Computer Vision
LLM
RAG
Fine-tuning
Reinforcement Learning
Robotics
Sim-to-Real
≈ $24k – $67k per year (Estimated) • Middle • 3+ years exp • In office (Bengaluru, India) • PhD • Full-Time • Junior • English
Python
AI/ML
Anomaly Detection
CNN
Computer Vision
Data Augmentation
Diffusion Models
Few-Shot Learning
Multimodal AI
NumPy
OpenCV
PyTorch
Scikit-learn
Self-Supervised Learning
Synthetic Data
Transfer Learning
Transformers
Hugging Face
Contrastive Learning
Knowledge Distillation
LoRA
ONNX
PEFT
QLoRA
Quantization
TensorRT
DevOps
Docker
Kubernetes
Robotics
Sim-to-Real
IPAI (Innovation Park Artificial Intelligence) is a European innovation hub and technology campus headquartered in Heilbronn, Germany, focused on accelerating human-centered artificial intelligence. The platform provides dedicated AI infrastructure, data centers, co-creation programs, and specialized workspaces for startups, research institutions, and corporate enterprises. By facilitating collaborative R&D, match-making, and applied testing, it serves as an international ecosystem for scaling practical AI solutions across business and public sectors.
HQ: Heilbronn, Germany • Artificial Intelligence • 501-1000 employees
In office • German: C1
Python
Robotics
Isaac Lab
Isaac Sim
Sim-to-Real
Teleoperation
Nimble (Nimble Robotics) is an AI-powered robotics and autonomous third-party logistics (3PL) company headquartered in San Francisco, California. Founded in 2017 by Simon Kalouche, the company develops fully autonomous fulfillment networks powered by intelligent picking, packing, and sorting robots ("Superhumanoids") alongside cloud supply chain management software.
HQ: San Francisco, United States • Transportation & Logistics • Commerce • Logistics • Est. 2017
$190k – $250k per year • Senior • 5+ years exp • In office (San Francisco, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Senior
C++
Python
Rust
DevOps
RTOS
Robotics
Drake
Isaac Sim
MuJoCo
ROS
Sim-to-Real
AI Robot Association (AIRoA) is a Japanese non-profit organization dedicated to advancing AI-powered robotics through open data platforms and collaborative research. The association develops scalable robot data ecosystems, foundation models, and shared software tools to accelerate the deployment of humanoid and general-purpose robots worldwide.
Tokyo • Robotics AI • Artificial Intelligence • Robotics • 501-1000 employees • Est. 2023
≈ $36k – $92k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 5+ years exp • In office • Master's Degree • Full-Time • Senior • Japanese: C1 (Optional)
PostgreSQL
Apache Hudi
Apache Iceberg
Apache Kafka
Delta Lake
FAISS
OpenSearch
pgvector
Trino
AI/ML
Airflow
Dagster
Flink
Multimodal AI
Ray
Spark
Time Series Forecasting
Label Studio
CVAT
Human-in-the-Loop
DevOps
AWS
GCP
Amazon EKS
Google GKE
Kubernetes
Vector
Amazon Kinesis
Robotics
Sim-to-Real
LeRobot
Analytics
ETL/ELT
IoT
MQTT
≈ $25k – $84k per year (Estimated) • Middle • 4+ years exp • In office • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Middle
Go
Python
JavaScript
Python
FastAPI
AI/ML
Multimodal AI
Frontend
Next.js
React.js
DevOps
AWS
GCP
gRPC
WebRTC
WebSockets
CI/CD
CloudFormation
Terraform
Robotics
Foxglove Studio
ROS
ROS2
Sim-to-Real
Teleoperation
IoT
MQTT
In office • Japanese: C1
Python
AI/ML
Synthetic Data
Gaussian Splatting
Reinforcement Learning
NeRF
DevOps
CI/CD
Robotics
Isaac Sim
MuJoCo
Sim-to-Real
Imitation Learning
MoveIt
Nav2
Reinforcement Learning
ROS
ROS2
NVIDIA is an American technology company founded in 1993 that invented the graphics processing unit and has become the dominant supplier of accelerated computing platforms for artificial intelligence. Its portfolio spans data centre GPUs and systems built on the Hopper and Blackwell architectures, GeForce consumer graphics, automotive and robotics platforms, high-speed networking acquired with Mellanox, and the CUDA software stack that binds the ecosystem together. Headquartered in Santa Clara, California, the company sells to cloud providers, enterprises, research institutions and gamers worldwide and is one of the most valuable listed businesses on the Nasdaq.
HQ: Santa Clara, United States • AI Infrastructure • Semiconductors • AI Agents • Big Data • LLM & Generative AI • Machine Learning • Hardware • Data & Analytics • Information Technology • Artificial Intelligence • 5000+ employees • Est. 1993
$184k – $288k per year • Senior • 8+ years exp • In office (Santa Clara, United States) • Master's Degree • Full-Time • Senior
Accelerate
CUDA
CUDA Toolkit
Diffusion Models
Multimodal AI
Synthetic Data
PyTorch
Post-training
Robotics
Isaac Lab
Isaac Sim
Sim-to-Real
Sanctuary AI is a humanoid robotics company headquartered in Vancouver, Canada, and founded in 2018 by Geordie Rose, Suzanne Gildert, Olivia Norton, and Ajay Agrawal. The company develops Phoenix, a general purpose humanoid with hydraulically actuated dexterous hands, controlled by a system it calls Carbon that is intended to reason about tasks the way a person would. It runs pilot deployments in retail and industrial settings and has partnered with manufacturers including Magna.
HQ: Vancouver, Canada • Multimodal AI • Robotic Software & Control Systems • Robotics AI • Humanoid Robots • Artificial Intelligence • Robotics • Est. 2018
≈ $146k – $292k per year (Estimated) • Equity • Staff+ • 2+ years exp • In office (Vancouver, Canada) • PhD • Full-Time • Architect
Python
AI/ML
Multimodal AI
PyTorch
DevOps
CI/CD
Robotics
Sim-to-Real
Isaac Gym
MuJoCo
ROS2
Management
Confluence
Jira
≈ $155k – $267k per year (Estimated) • Staff+ • 5+ years exp • In office (Vancouver, Canada) • PhD • Full-Time • Staff
Python
AI/ML
PyTorch
Reinforcement Learning
TensorFlow
DevOps
GitLab
Robotics
Imitation Learning
Reinforcement Learning
ROS2
Sim-to-Real
Management
Confluence
Jira
Salary range
| Seniority |
Jobs |
25% |
Median |
75% |
| Middle |
9 |
$178K |
$203K |
$300K |
| All levels |
33 |
$180K |
$260K |
$300K |
Based only on the listings that state pay. Gross annual amounts, converted to USD so roles in different currencies stay comparable.
The market right now
Alion currently lists 100 open Sim-to-Real jobs from 51 companies. 9 of them were posted or refreshed in the last seven days. 43 of the employers have posted something in the last three months, which is the pool worth watching if you are starting a search now. Every listing links straight to the employer, so you apply on their own board rather than through an intermediary.
What these roles pay
33 of these Sim-to-Real jobs state pay directly. Across them the middle half of the market sits between $180K and $300K a year, with a median of $260K. Figures are gross annual amounts converted to US dollars, so roles in different currencies stay comparable.
Where the work is
The largest concentrations of these roles are Singapore (6), Switzerland (3), United States (1), Taiwan (1), and Vietnam (1). 16% offer a hybrid arrangement, while the rest expect you on site.
Who is hiring
The employers with the most open Sim-to-Real jobs right now are AI Robot Association (12), Apptronik (7), Humanoid (7), Intuitive (5), Wayve (4), and Agility Robotics (4). Each company page on Alion carries its size, funding stage, tech stack and every other position it has open, so you can judge the employer before you spend an evening on the application.
What employers ask for
Reading across the current listings, the tools that come up most often are Sim-to-Real (100), Python (77), PyTorch (52), Reinforcement Learning (51), Reinforcement Learning (48), Isaac Sim (47), MuJoCo (45), and C++ (40). The counts are how many of these openings name each one, which is a better guide to what is actually being hired for than a generic skills list.
Relocation, visas and equity
Of the current Sim-to-Real jobs, 3 state visa sponsorship, 8 offer a relocation package, and 17 include equity. These are filters on the list above, so you can narrow it to the ones that make a move possible for you.
