Research Engineer, Simulation & World Models
Mecka, New York +1
About the job
About Mecka ai
Mecka AI is building the data infrastructure layer for robotics and embodied AI. We design and operate global systems for data capture, data labeling, and hardware-enabled workflows used by leading AI labs and robotics companies to train and validate humanoid and embodied AI systems. We work closely with frontier robotics teams to bridge real-world data, simulation, learning-based systems, and deployed hardware.
The Role
Build simulation systems that train and evaluate robots and embodied agents. Model physical interactions, create scalable training worlds and connect simulation with real-world data across Mecka Labs.
This is a hands-on research engineering role for someone exceptional in simulation, physics and learning. You'll work with MuJoCo, Isaac Sim and related tools, close sim-to-real gaps, and build learned or hybrid world models for prediction, planning and control. You own whether the simulated world behaves credibly and runs at scale; partner roles turn it into trainable tasks and reliable evaluations.
What you will be doing
- Build simulation environments: Model robots, sensors, objects, contacts, materials and dynamics, with scenarios grounded in real behavior.