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Nimble · 2 months ago

Senior Simulation Product Engineer

San Francisco, CA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

$180K/yr - $225K/yr

5+ years exp

Nimble is an AI robotics company focused on building the autonomous supply chain for efficient and sustainable commerce. They are seeking a Senior Simulation Product Engineer to bridge operational needs with the simulation platform, ensuring the reliability of the robotic fleet simulator for various operational tasks.

Transportation/Trucking/Railroad

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Requirement Management: 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

Development Partnership: Collaborate with the Simulator Development Engineer to define and document the simulator development requirement document

Release Assurance & Quality Gate: Analyze simulator results and validate outputs from nightly simulation runs to confidently approve or block fleet control and robot software releases

Issue Resolution & Triage: 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

Operational Alignment & Guidance: 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

Strategic Volume Goal: Guide and support operations in configuration and setup changes for the warehouse to achieve and sustain the package handling volume goal

Qualification

System validationComplex system modelingData analysisRobotics experienceCross-functional collaborationCommunication skillsProblem-solving

Required

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

Benefits

Unlimited Flexible Time Off

Health Insurance

Paid Parental Leave

Commuter Benefits

Referral Bonus

401k

Equity

Company

Nimble

Nimble is building autonomous logistics powered by generalist superhumanoid robots.

Founded in 2019

San Francisco, CA, US

51-200 employees

https://nimble.ai

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