Robotics Engineer

This role is posted on behalf of Synthium, a startup supported by SGInnovate.

Background

Synthium is a robotics and Embodied AI venture building systems that capture human cognition through interactive simulation. We transform multimodal human behavior into structured datasets used to train next generation robotics foundation models. We are looking for a Robotics Engineer (Entry-Level) to join us at the frontier of simulation, teleoperation, and dataset generation for humanoid and mobile robots.

Job scope

The Role

• Contribute to the robotics simulation architecture powering Synthium’s data generation and training pipeline
• Work directly with the founders and research collaborators on simulation, embodiment, and teleoperation systems
• Help design and implement components that bridge simulation, human-in-the-loop systems, and large scale dataset generation
• Take ownership of well-scoped technical modules and ship production-ready code

What You’ll Work On

• Supporting and extending the robotics simulation stack across Isaac Sim and MuJoCo
• Implementing cloud-scalable simulation workflows for dataset generation
• Contributing to teleoperation and human-in-the-loop integration systems
• Assisting with multimodal dataset lifecycle (collection, validation, structuring, reproducibility)
• Supporting learning pipelines for imitation learning and reinforcement learning
• Writing clean, maintainable Python code with a production mindset

What We’re Looking For

• Background in robotics, simulation, computer graphics, ML, or related field
• Strong Python skills
• Exposure to robotics simulation environments
• Experience with PyTorch or TensorFlow
• Understanding of control, perception, or policy learning fundamentals
• Comfortable operating in ambiguity and learning quickly
• High ownership mindset and strong engineering fundamentals

Nice to Have

• Exposure to foundation models in robotics, world modeling, VLMs or VLAs
• Experience with humanoid robotics
• ROS2 experience
• Experience with teleoperation systems
• Interest in systems that span simulation, cloud infrastructure, and ML

Compensation

• In addition to salary, this role includes meaningful equity participation aligned with the long-term growth of the company.

You’ll work at the intersection of robotics simulation, multimodal data workflows, deployable Embodied AI pipelines, and humanoid systems. You won’t just “assist.” You’ll build systems that directly contribute to how robots learn from human cognition at scale.

Interested applicants may apply directly to DTC at: https://central.sginnovate.com/hub/marketplace/openings/7a5bd1a0-0653-4f43-98ac-46d4683bf8f9