Germany
Chainguard
NODE Robotics
Robotics Simulation Engineer
Germany
Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
PythonC++
What makes this role exciting
Your mission
As a Robotics Simulation Engineer, you will build and own the simulation infrastructure that underpins development and testing at NODE. You will create high-fidelity digital twins of intralogistics environments, develop and maintain robot models, and build the CI pipelines that run simulation-based regression tests against our navigation and fleet management software.
- Meaningful problems: real sim-to-real challenges on hardware that operates in production warehouses
- Greenfield opportunities: you shape how we build and evolve our simulation infrastructure
- Close to hardware: direct collaboration with the team building the physical robots
- Small, senior team: your work has direct impact on every release
What you will do
- Design, build, and maintain simulation environments for autonomous mobile robots in intralogistics settings
- Develop and refine robot models (URDF, SDF) including sensor simulation (LiDAR, odometry, cameras)
- Build and own simulation-based CI/CD pipelines on GitLab to automate regression testing
- Collaborate with Robotics Core engineers to close the sim-to-real gap and validate navigation and fleet management behaviors
- Evaluate and integrate new simulation tooling (e.g. NVIDIA Isaac Sim) where it improves fidelity or coverage
- Maintain and extend our custom simulation tooling alongside Gazebo
Your profile
Must-have
- 3–5 years of hands-on experience in robotics software development
- Strong proficiency in ROS 2
- Solid C++ and Python skills
- Experience with Gazebo (Ignition/Harmonic) — building environments, robot models, plugins
- Understanding of mobile robot fundamentals: kinematics, sensor models, localization, navigation
- Familiarity with CI/CD — specifically GitLab CI — for automated software testing
Nice-to-have
- Experience with NVIDIA Isaac Sim or other high-fidelity simulators
- Exposure to intralogistics, warehouse automation, or fleet management systems
- Multi-robot simulation experience
- Knowledge of digital twin concepts and tooling
What we offer
- Flexible Working Hours: There are no such thing as core work times.
- Public Transportation Allowance: We cover the majority of the cost of your commuter pass
- Sports: Get a free Urban Sports Club membership
- Learning Budget: A fixed yearly learning budget can be spent on anything.
- Discounts: We are part of the "Corporate Benefits" program.
- Accessibility: Our modern office space at ARENA2036 is barrier-free.
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