Moonlake

Member of Technical Staff - Robotics & Simulation

San Francisco, CAFull timeStaffPosted about 1 month ago
Apply on Moonlake →

Sign in to see who you know at Moonlake.

Introducing Moonlake, AI for creating world simulations.

ABOUT MOONLAKE

Moonlake is building the frontier of AI-powered world simulation.

We create systems that generate, simulate, and reason over rich 3D environments for robotics, embodied AI, and interactive applications. Our platform enables the creation of digital worlds, synthetic environments, and scalable simulation infrastructure used to train the next generation of intelligent systems.

Our work sits at the intersection of

  • Robotics
  • Physical AI
  • World Models
  • Simulation Infrastructure
  • Synthetic Data Generation
  • Embodied Intelligence

Moonlake has raised $28M in seed funding from NVIDIA Ventures, Threshold Ventures, AIX Ventures, and notable angels including Naval Ravikant and Jeff Dean.

Our mission is to build the foundational infrastructure that enables robots to learn, reason, and operate effectively in the physical world.

THE ROLE

We are looking for a Member of Technical Staff – Robotics to help build the bridge between simulation, world models, and real-world robotic systems.

This role spans the full robotics stack—from evaluating foundation models and policies in simulation, to training world models, to deploying and operating physical robots. You will work closely with researchers and engineers developing next-generation simulation environments and AI systems, while ensuring those capabilities transfer successfully into real-world robotic platforms.

This is a highly hands-on role combining robotics engineering, machine learning, simulation, and hardware deployment.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

EVALUATE ROBOT FOUNDATION MODELS & POLICIES

  • Benchmark and evaluate robot foundation models in simulated environments
  • Design evaluation frameworks for robotic reasoning, planning, manipulation, and navigation
  • Measure generalization, robustness, and task performance across diverse scenarios
  • Build infrastructure for large-scale simulation-based testing and validation

TR...