Robotics Physics Simulation Engineer, Large Behavior Models
Toyota Research InstituteLos Altos, California
Full Time
Posted May 16, 2025
$180k - $270k
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Job Description
The Robotics Physics Simulation Engineer at Toyota Research Institute is responsible for developing and advancing high-fidelity, physics-based simulation software for modeling robot dynamics, manipulation, and perception, supporting the creation of general-purpose robots capable of operating reliably in unstructured environments.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and improve physics-based, high-fidelity simulation tools for modeling robot and vehicle interactions with environments.
- Implement and optimize multibody dynamics, rigid and soft body mechanics within simulation software.
- Create and maintain hybrid dynamic system abstractions and infrastructure that are differentiable and analyzable.
- Design and develop solvers for dynamic systems, including numerical integration of DAEs, time stepping, and event handling.
- Work on computational geometry and contact response algorithms to support manipulation tasks.
- Validate simulation accuracy and verify software and numerical methods through testing and analysis.
- Contribute to advancing open-source robotics software (Drake) by writing high-quality, performant C code and solving open problems.
Requirements
- Proficiency in programming and enjoyment of crafting correct, appealing, and performant advanced C code.
- Experience in developing and maintaining physics-based, high-fidelity, high-performance software tools for simulation of robots and vehicles interacting with their environments.
- Knowledge of multibody dynamics, rigid and soft body computational mechanics.
- Experience with hybrid dynamic system abstraction and infrastructure similar to Simulink blocks, but differentiable and symbolically analyzable.
- Ability to develop and implement solvers for dynamic systems, including numerical integration of DAEs, time stepping, and event handling.
- Experience with computational geometry and contact response emphasizing manipulation.
- Experience in validation of simulation accuracy and verification of software and numerical methods.
- Background in software development using modern C, developed with rigorous standard methodologies, including extensive unit and validation tests, and collaborative pre-merge peer review.
- Research and practical experience in robotics, computer graphics, computational geometry and mechanics, multibody dynamics, numerical methods, and software engineering.
- Ability to contribute both quality code and novel solutions to open problems in the development of robotics simulation software.
- Educational background in a relevant field such as computer science, robotics, mechanical engineering, or related disciplines (implied by the need for specialized knowledge and experience).
Benefits & Perks
Salary range between 180,000 and 270,000 per year (California-based roles)
Work schedule details not specified
Work environment perks include medical, dental, and vision insurance
401(k) eligibility
Paid time off benefits including vacation, sick leave, and parental leave
Annual cash bonus structure
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