RoboForce · 17 hours ago
Technical Lead, Simulation
Milpitas, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
7+ years expRoboForce is an AI robotics company building Physical AI and Robo-Labor systems for dull, dirty, and dangerous work. They are seeking a Technical Lead, Simulation to lead the technical direction of log replay simulation, GPU-accelerated model inference, and the core onboard software infrastructure that bridges real robots, simulation, and AI systems.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)Machine LearningRobotics
Responsibilities
Own the end-to-end architecture of RoboForce’s log-based simulation system, serving the entire company
Design and implement deterministic, reproducible log replay for robotics systems, ensuring consistency between real-world execution and simulation
Lead the development of large-scale, in-parallel simulation, enabling high-throughput evaluation and fast iteration cycles
Drive simulation speed-up techniques (e.g., parallelism, decoupling, caching, GPU acceleration) while maintaining correctness
Design simulation pipelines that run ML model inference inside simulation, including GPU-backed vision, perception, policy models and VLMs
Optimize data flow and scheduling between simulation, model inference, and robotics software stacks
Ensure simulation supports realistic timing, latency modeling, and system constraints where required
Own the onboard software stack for RoboForce robots, including runtime systems, middleware, and integration with AI models
Design shared infrastructure that unifies real robot execution, log collection, replay, and simulation
Establish clear interfaces and contracts between onboard systems, simulation, and AI pipelines
Act as the technical point of ownership for simulation across AI, robotics software, and hardware teams
Set engineering standards for determinism, performance, testing, and debuggability
Mentor engineers working on simulation and onboard systems
Partner with AI teams to ensure simulation supports training, evaluation, and research needs
Qualification
Required
MS or PhD in Computer Science, Robotics or related field, or equivalent industry experience
7+ years of experience building complex systems in robotics, simulation, or high-performance software
Strong expertise in C++ and system-level software design
Experience designing deterministic simulation or replay systems
Deep understanding of parallel systems, concurrency, and performance optimization
Experience integrating GPU workloads (e.g., CUDA, TensorRT, PyTorch inference) into production systems
Strong system thinking across software, hardware, and ML boundaries
Requires 5 days/week in-office collaboration with the teams
Preferred
Experience with robotics middleware (e.g., ROS2 or custom stacks)
Experience building simulation infrastructure used for ML training or evaluation
Familiarity with physics engines or custom simulators
Prior experience owning or leading a core platform or infrastructure system
Experience working closely with AI / ML teams on large-scale experimentation
Benefits
Competitive stock options/equity programs.
Health, dental, and vision insurance, 401(k) plan.
Visa sponsorship and green card support for qualified candidates.
Lunches and dinners, a fully stocked kitchen, and regular team-building events.
Company
RoboForce
RoboForce is an AI Robotics startup building the world’s most advanced Robo-Labor system.
11-50 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Early StageTotal Funding
$15M2025-01-06Seed· $15M
Leadership Team
Leo Ma
Founder & CEO
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