Senior Simulation Validation Engineer

Nimble • San Francisco, CA

70d • $180,000 - $225,000

About The Position

Nimble is a robotics and AI company inventing and scaling autonomous logistics with intelligent robots to enable fast, efficient, and sustainable commerce. We're developing generalized robot intelligence and building general-purpose mobile manipulator robots, the first in the world capable of performing all core warehouse functions. We've recently closed a $106M Series C funding round at a $1 billion valuation and we're continuing to grow our all-star team. Our mission is to empower and inspire mankind to accomplish legendary feats by inventing robots that liberate us from the menial. Our long-term vision is to invent the Autonomous Supply Chain - everything from the inside of factories and warehouses to your front door - using next-gen intelligent robotics to deliver faster, more efficient, and more sustainable commerce. We were founded from the AI labs at Stanford and Carnegie Mellon. We're backed by the World's most prestigious investors and Nimble's Board of Directors includes AI and robotics legends like Marc Raibert (Founder of Boston Dynamics), Fei-Fei Li (Chief Scientist of AI at Google, Director of Stanford's AI lab), and Sebastian Thrun (Founder of Google X, Waymo, Kitty Hawk, and Udacity)! Join us to leave your mark on the future of robotics, AI, and logistics!

Requirements

• Bachelors or masters in computer science or electrical engineering, or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of experience in system validation, operations research, industrial engineering, or complex system modeling/simulation, preferably in robotics or automation.
• Proven ability to define and manage complex system requirements, analyze large datasets, and use simulation outputs to drive critical business decisions.
• Exceptional communication and cross-functional collaboration skills, with experience working directly with engineering, operations, and product teams.
• A strong, data-driven problem-solver with a proven track record of using analysis to influence high-stakes operational and engineering changes.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary liaison to Operations and System Integration teams, understanding and curating complex operational and integration needs and translating them into clear, actionable robot fleet simulator requirements.
• Collaborate with the Simulator Development Engineer to define and document the simulator development requirement document.
• Analyze simulator results and validate outputs from nightly simulation runs to confidently approve or block fleet control and robot software releases.
• Utilize the simulator as the primary tool to triage and root-cause field issues reported from the Warehouse, driving necessary fleet SW, integration, and Robot SW changes based on analysis and findings.
• Work in lockstep with the operations team to minimize the discrepancy (sim-to-real gap) between simulation results and actual warehouse operations, ensuring the simulator is a reliable forecasting tool.
• Guide and support operations in configuration and setup changes for the warehouse to achieve and sustain the package handling volume goal.

Benefits

• Paid Time Off
• Health Insurance
• Paid Parental Leave
• Commuter Benefits
• Referral Bonus
• 401k
• Equity

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Industry: Machinery Manufacturing
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 101-250 employees