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
The future of warehouse automation. Yondu is building an embodied AI platform that enables you to automate any logistics task in any warehouse with any off-the-shelf robot.
Los Angeles • Artificial Intelligence • Robotics • Logistics & Warehouse Robotics • 11-50 employees
$120k – $200k per year • Equity 0.5–1.6% • Senior • 3+ years exp • In office (Los Angeles, United States) • Full-Time • Senior
Bash
C++
Python
AI/ML
Computer Vision
DevOps
CI/CD
Docker
Git
GitHub Actions
GitLab CI
Jenkins
GitHub
GitLab
Robotics
ROS
Teleoperation
Gazebo
Isaac Sim
Localization
SLAM
Motional harnesses deep industry experience in our mission to develop and deploy autonomous vehicles and to make driverless technology safe and reliable.
Boston • Pittsburgh • Las Vegas • Transportation & Logistics • Smart Mobility • Autonomous Driving • 51-200 employees
≈ $55k – $109k per year (Estimated) • Junior • In office (Pittsburgh, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Junior
Bash
Python
DevOps
GitLab
Robotics
CARLA
Management
Confluence
Jira
≈ $82k – $166k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 5+ years exp • In office (Las Vegas, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Senior
Bash
C++
Python
DevOps
CI/CD
Shift-Left
GitLab
Cybersecurity
Shift-Left Security
Robotics
CARLA
Management
Confluence
Jira
ICON is the world's leading clinical research organisation, providing outsourced clinical development and commercialisation services to the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device industries.
HQ: Dublin, Ireland • CRO & CDMO Services • Health Care • Clinical Research • Est. 1990
≈ $94k – $208k per year (Estimated) • Middle • 5+ years exp • In office (Austin, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Contractor • Middle
C++
Python
DevOps
CI/CD
GitHub Actions
Jenkins
GitHub
Robotics
Gazebo
MuJoCo
ROS
ROS2
EtherCAT
NODA AI is a defense autonomy company headquartered in Austin, Texas, and founded in 2024. The company develops a vendor agnostic reasoning layer that coordinates manned and unmanned platforms across air, surface, subsurface, ground, and space domains from a single decision system. It works with United States and United Kingdom defence customers and raised a 25 million dollar Series A in 2026 to deliver those programmes.
HQ: Austin, United States • Military Drones • Military & Tactical Robotics • Robotics • Defense AI • C4ISR • Military • Artificial Intelligence • 201-500 employees • Est. 2024
Equity • 6+ years exp • In office (Austin, United States) • Full-Time • Senior
C++
Python
Rust
AI/ML
Reinforcement Learning
Robotics
AirSim
Gazebo
Isaac Sim
Motion Planning
Path Planning
Sensor Fusion
Zenoh
MAVLink
Reinforcement Learning
Swarm Robotics
IoT
MQTT
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
≈ $66k – $195k per year (Estimated) • Junior • In office (Singapore) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Junior
C++
MATLAB
Python
AI/ML
AI Agents
Robotics
AirSim
ArduPilot
Gazebo
MAVLink
Obstacle Avoidance
Path Planning
ROS
Scientific Systems unleashes AI-powered autonomy across space, air, land, and sea for collaborative defense and dominance.
Burlington • Military • Artificial Intelligence • Defense AI
$111k – $145k per year • Senior • 5+ years exp • Remote/Hybrid (Burlington, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Senior
AirSim
Management
Confluence
Jira
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
$190k – $223k per year • Senior • 7+ years exp • In office (Sunnyvale, United States) • Senior
Synthetic Data
Robotics
Apollo
Digital Twin
MuJoCo
≈ $190k – $342k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 5+ years exp • In office (Austin, United States) • Master's Degree • Senior
C++
Robotics
Model Predictive Control
Sensor Fusion
Isaac Sim
MuJoCo
≈ $146k – $320k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 5+ years exp • In office (Sunnyvale, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Senior
C++
C++
CMake
DevOps
CI/CD
Git
Robotics
Apollo
BehaviorTree.CPP
Drake
MuJoCo
ROS2
Sensor Fusion
Blue River Technology is at the forefront of agricultural innovation, developing intelligent machinery designed to improve farming yields and reduce environmental impacts. By integrating robotics, computer vision, and machine learning, the company is revolutionizing agriculture through a unique blend of Silicon Valley tech and hands-on fieldwork. Their purpose is to tackle significant challenges in agriculture, optimize chemical usage, and drive global sustainability, all while fostering an engaged and collaborative company culture.
Santa Clara • Fresno • Machine Learning • Design & Creative • Hardware
$174k – $305k per year • Lead • 10+ years exp • Remote (United States) • Visa sponsorship • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Principal
C++
Python
AI/ML
Computer Vision
DevOps
CI/CD
RTOS
Robotics
Motion Planning
ROS
Gazebo
Isaac Sim
Sensor Fusion
Webots
$174k – $305k per year • Lead • 10+ years exp • Remote (United States) • Visa sponsorship • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Principal
C++
Python
AI/ML
Computer Vision
DevOps
CI/CD
RTOS
Robotics
Motion Planning
ROS
Gazebo
Isaac Sim
Sensor Fusion
Webots
AstraZeneca is a global, science-led biopharmaceutical giant headquartered at the Cambridge Biomedical Campus in Cambridge, United Kingdom. Formed in 1999 through the merger of Sweden's Astra AB and the UK's Zeneca Group, the company researches, manufactures, and commercializes prescription medicines across core therapeutic areas, including Oncology, Cardiovascular, Renal & Metabolism (CVRM), Respiratory & Immunology, and Rare Diseases.
HQ: Cambridge, United Kingdom • Health Care • Financial Services • Pharmaceuticals • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 1999
≈ $62k – $136k per year (Estimated) • Senior • In office (Sweden) • Full-Time • Senior
C++
Python
Robotics
Gazebo
Isaac Sim
Motion Planning
MuJoCo
Perception
ROS
Sensor Fusion
Jabil Inc. is a global manufacturing solutions and supply chain services company based in St. Petersburg, Florida. Founded in 1966, it is one of the world's largest Electronics Manufacturing Services (EMS) providers and trades publicly on the NYSE under the ticker JBL. The company acts as a primary manufacturing and engineering partner for major global original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), providing design, prototyping, contract assembly, component sourcing, and lifecycle logistics.
HQ: Saint Petersburg, United States • Supply Chain • Electronics Manufacturing • Contract Manufacturing • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 1966
≈ $158k – $302k per year (Estimated) • Equity • Lead • 12+ years exp • In office (Lexington, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Staff
C++
Python
AI/ML
Computer Vision
Kubeflow
MLFlow
DevOps
AWS
Azure
GCP
Robotics
Gazebo
Isaac Sim
Localization
ROS
Sensor Fusion
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
≈ $105k – $209k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 5+ years exp • In office (Houston, United States) • Master's Degree • Full-Time • Senior
C++
Python
AI/ML
Synthetic Data
Post-training
Reinforcement Learning
DevOps
CI/CD
Robotics
Digital Twin
Isaac Sim
Isaac Lab
Reinforcement Learning
ROS2
Intern • In office (Houston, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Internship • Intern
Python
AI/ML
Fine-tuning
LLM
PyTorch
Synthetic Data
Hugging Face
LLM Evaluation
Post-training
DevOps
Docker
Git
Robotics
Isaac Lab
Isaac Sim
Motion Planning
ROS
≈ $105k – $232k per year (Estimated) • In office (Houston, United States) • Master's Degree • Full-Time
Python
C
C
FFmpeg
AI/ML
Computer Vision
Data Augmentation
Multimodal AI
OpenCV
PyTorch
VLM
Time Series Forecasting
Ray
Spark
Robotics
Inverse Kinematics
Teleoperation
Localization
MuJoCo
Booz Allen Hamilton is a major American management and technology consulting firm that provides strategic, engineering, and cybersecurity services primarily to the U.S. government, defense agencies, and commercial clients. Founded in 1914 and headquartered in McLean, Virginia, the company is known for its deep expertise in defense, intelligence, and civil infrastructure. Today, it plays a central role in national security and government modernization by deploying advanced capabilities in artificial intelligence, digital transformation, and cyber defense.
HQ: McLean, United States • Military • Information Technology • IT Consulting • Government • Cybersecurity • Homeland Security • National Security • 5000+ employees • Est. 1914
$78k – $176k per year • Middle • 3+ years exp • In office (San Diego, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Middle
C++
Python
AI/ML
AI Agents
DevOps
CI/CD
Docker
Git
Robotics
Path Planning
ROS
Sensor Fusion
Gazebo
Isaac Sim
UUV Simulator
Pronto.ai is an autonomous vehicle technology company headquartered in San Francisco, California, and founded in 2018 by Anthony Levandowski. The company builds camera based autonomy that retrofits onto heavy haul trucks, aimed at off road industrial sites rather than public roads. It deploys its systems in quarries and mines, where autonomous haulage runs on fixed routes under controlled site conditions.
HQ: San Francisco, United States • Fleet Management • Mining Tech • Natural Resources • Autonomous Driving • Artificial Intelligence • Robotics • Transportation & Logistics • Mining & Heavy Industry Robotics • 51-200 employees • Est. 2018
$176k – $242k per year • Equity • Senior • 3+ years exp • In office (San Francisco, United States) • Full-Time • Senior
Python
C++
C++
Protobuf
DevOps
CI/CD
AWS
Docker
GCP
GitHub Actions
Kubernetes
GitHub
Robotics
CARLA
Gazebo
Isaac Sim
ROS
Management
Notion
Slack
QA
Pytest
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
AUTONOMOUS MINING ON THE EARTH AND THE MOON. OffWorld robots pave the future by working collectively to maximize the customer-defined key performance indicators in mining operations.
Data & Analytics • Artificial Intelligence
Junior • 2+ years exp • In office • Bachelor's Degree • Junior
C++
Java
Python
Robotics
Gazebo
ROS
Management
Confluence
Jira
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
Staff+ • 3+ years exp • In office (Taipei, Taiwan) • Master's Degree • Full-Time • Architect
Python
AI/ML
PyTorch
VLM
DevOps
Kubernetes
SLURM
HPC
Robotics
Digital Twin
Isaac Sim
$184k – $288k per year • Senior • 8+ years exp • In office (Santa Clara, United States) • PhD • Full-Time • Staff
Python
AI/ML
CUDA
CUDA Toolkit
LLM
PyTorch
Reinforcement Learning
AI Agents
DevOps
CI/CD
Game Dev
NVIDIA PhysX
Robotics
Imitation Learning
Isaac Gym
Isaac Lab
Reinforcement Learning
ROS
Isaac Sim
$184k – $288k per year • Senior • 8+ years exp • In office (Santa Clara, United States) • Master's Degree • Full-Time • Senior
CUDA
CUDA Toolkit
Diffusion Models
Fine-tuning
Quantization
Synthetic Data
Triton
Pre-training
Computer Vision
Robotics
Isaac Sim
Grab Holdings is a leading Southeast Asian "super-app" technology company headquartered in Singapore. Originally founded as a ride-hailing service, Grab has expanded into a comprehensive digital ecosystem offering transportation (GrabCar, GrabBike), food and grocery delivery (GrabFood, GrabMart), and fintech services (GrabPay, digital banking, lending, and insurance). Operating across eight countries in the region, Grab connects millions of consumers with driver and merchant partners daily.
HQ: Singapore • FinTech • Delivery • Ride Hailing • 1001-5000 employees
Senior • In office (Shanghai, China) • Full-Time • Senior
C++
Python
Robotics
Apollo
Autoware
CARLA
Isaac Lab
Isaac Sim
ROS2
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
KIEFER is an energy and advanced technology group headquartered in Athens, Greece. The company builds and operates renewable energy projects, principally wind, and runs a technology arm developing Sophea AI, a family of Greek language models, along with robotics and sovereign GPU cloud infrastructure. It is establishing Greece's first sovereign AI data centre, powered by renewable generation, in partnership with NVIDIA.
HQ: Athens, Greece • Industrial Robotics • AI Infrastructure • Hardware • Wind Energy • LLM & Generative AI • Robotics • Artificial Intelligence • Energy & Utilities
$64k – $81k per year • Middle • 3+ years exp • In office (Athens, Greece) • Full-Time • Middle • Greek
Python
DevOps
gRPC
Robotics
Isaac Sim
NVIDIA Omniverse
Design
Fusion 360
SolidWorks
IoT
MQTT
Salary range
| Seniority |
Jobs |
25% |
Median |
75% |
| Middle |
8 |
$110K |
$200K |
$280K |
| Senior |
19 |
$200K |
$260K |
$288K |
| All levels |
51 |
$182K |
$242K |
$288K |
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 176 open Simulation jobs from 82 companies. 15 of them were posted or refreshed in the last seven days. 72 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
51 of these Simulation jobs state pay directly. Across them the middle half of the market sits between $182K and $288K a year, with a median of $242K. By level, the median runs middle at $200K and senior at $260K. The step from middle to senior is worth about 1.3x on median pay. 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 (8), Switzerland (4), Poland (3), Taiwan (3), and Greece (3). 7% of the listings are fully remote and a further 9% are hybrid, so a large part of this market is open to you regardless of where you live.
Who is hiring
The employers with the most open Simulation jobs right now are AI Robot Association (17), Apptronik (13), Humanoid (9), Gritt (9), Persona AI (6), and NVIDIA (6). 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 Python (151), Isaac Sim (128), C++ (109), MuJoCo (92), ROS (75), Gazebo (75), PyTorch (62), and Sim-to-Real (55). 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 Simulation jobs, 5 state visa sponsorship, 12 offer a relocation package, and 27 include equity. These are filters on the list above, so you can narrow it to the ones that make a move possible for you.
