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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 14 days Apptronik's roles stay open a median of 45 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- No 21% of Apptronik's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Apptronik
- high 50 stale, 2 reposted of 86 open
- Hiring momentum
- 120 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-09-17
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Apptronik's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Apptronik.
About this role
As a Staff Simulation Architect for the Core Simulation Platform, you will be responsible for designing and owning the architecture of a high-performance distributed system that supports the simulation needs of the Apollo robot. Your role involves building cloud-native pipelines, defining core abstractions and APIs, and ensuring system scalability and reliability while collaborating with various teams to translate their needs into coherent architecture.
- benefits
- 1/5
- freshness
- 4/5
- career value
- 4/5
- role clarity
- 5/5
- pay transparency
- 0/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Apptronik as an employer.
What you need
- Excellent C++ and/or Python programming skills
- Deep experience architecting distributed, high-throughput, or real-time software systems
- Proven experience architecting workloads on cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure) with distributed computing frameworks (e.g., Ray, Kubernetes)
- Deep familiarity with software development best practices: CI/CD, automated testing, and code quality standards
- Track record of making and defending architectural trade-offs and communicating them clearly
- Comfort ramping up quickly in a new technical domain and partnering closely with subject-matter experts
Nice to have
- Understanding of robotics concepts: kinematics, dynamics, controls, system identification
- Experience with modern robotic simulators (Isaac Lab, MuJoCo, or equivalent)
- Understanding of Reinforcement Learning, with research or production experience
Worth weighing
- No salary listed
- The role requires a strong background in software architecture rather than robotics or simulation, which may limit candidates with a more traditional robotics background.
- The position involves significant collaboration with domain specialists, which may require a steep learning curve for those unfamiliar with robotics.
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Listed by Apptronik on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-17. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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