Emulation & Digital Twin Engineer

Emulation & Digital Twin Engineer Foundational is building a network of AI-native, autonomous factories for modern contract manufacturing — reshoring critical supply chains so companies can produce high-quality products domestically, quickly, and at competitive cost. Recent breakthroughs in robotics and physical AI have shifted autonomous manufacturing from theoretical to deployable, and we're focused on operationalizing these capabilities at scale during a decisive decade for American industrial leadership. We are looking for a Emulation & Digital Twin Engineer to build high-fidelity virtual machine tools and real-time factory emulators. In this role, you will be responsible for creating exact digital twins of CNC machining centers, sheet metal fabricators, and automated material handlers. You will bridge the gap between deterministic machine logic (G-code, PLC signals, NC kernels) and NVIDIA's accelerated physical AI ecosystem (Isaac Sim, Nemotron, and GR00T). Your work will enable us to completely simulate, optimize, and verify toolpaths, cycle times, robotic tending, and cognitive anomaly detection in a virtual factory environment before executing code on physical shop floors. To build this team effectively, look for candidates who score highly across these four distinct technological domains: Deep understanding of G-code / M-code dialects. Experience with NC kernels, PLC logic, and servo behaviors. Knowledge of machine coordinate systems, kinematics, and tool tables. Fanuc CNC (FOCAS API / ROBOGUIDE) Siemens SINUMERIK (Run MyVirtual Machine) Heidenhain iTNC / Haas NextGen ControlMTConnect & OPC UA protocols Building GPU-accelerated simulation workflows. Importing CAD/Robotics assets via SimReady OpenUSD templates. Leveraging world models and reinforcement learning frameworks. NVIDIA Isaac Sim & Isaac LabNVIDIA Omniverse (Nucleus, Kit)NVIDIA Nemotron (for agentic tool use) Project GR00T (for physical manipulation) Mastery of OpenUSD composition (layers, variants, references).Converting native CAM/CAD data to lightweight simulation schemas. Rigid-body dynamics and physics collision boundaries. OpenUSD Python/C++ APIsAutodesk Fusion / Siemens NX / SolidWorksNVIDIA PhysX engine Writing ultra-low latency, multi-threaded code. Mapping physical IoT data streams to 3D assets deterministically. Containerization and edge deployments. Python & Modern C++Linux environmentsROS2 / Micro-ROSDocker / Kubernetes These are the behavioral patterns that predict success here — in practice, under pressure. A genuine interest in (or experience with) manufacturing, robotics, or industrial automation. You'll be building software that interacts with the physical world. You own outcomes. If something's off track, you say so and fix it. You ship. You iterate. You move toward the hard thing. Direct and concise, especially when it counts. You get up to speed fast in unfamiliar territory. You stay sharp when things are hard, ambiguous, or moving fast. You raise the bar rather than match it — and hold yourself to it first. Foundational Industries is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and applicants. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex (including gender identity, sexual orientation, and pregnancy), age, disability, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Foundational complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment. We evaluate every candidate on what they can do and who they are.