The Member of Technical Staff role at Microsoft Robotics focuses on developing physics-ready 3D asset generation pipelines and integrating reality capture technologies into the robotics simulation infrastructure. This senior-level position aims to bridge the physical and simulated worlds by creating high-fidelity digital representations of real-world environments and objects. The team is dedicated to building an integrated robotics software and AI platform that enhances collaboration between humans, robots, and AI agents. The role involves working with advanced technologies to enable reliable and scalable deployment of robotics solutions.

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 4+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience.
• Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements.
• Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 6+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 8+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience.
• Experience with 3D reconstruction pipelines, photogrammetry, LiDAR processing, or neural scene representation methods.
• Proficiency with 3D content creation and processing tools.
• Experience with USD/OpenUSD, OBJ, STL, or equivalent 3D interchange formats and their integration with simulation or rendering engines.
• Background in physically based rendering, material authoring, or real-time graphics pipeline development.
• Experience building synthetic data generation pipelines for training computer vision or perception models.
• Familiarity with robotics simulation platforms and their asset requirements.
• Understanding of physics parameter estimation, collision geometry optimization, and articulated object modeling for simulation fidelity.

• Design and build automated pipelines for converting reality capture data into physics-ready 3D simulation assets.
• Develop and maintain toolchains for physics-ready 3D asset generation, including mesh optimization and material assignment.
• Integrate reality capture hardware and software workflows with the simulation platform’s asset ingestion pipeline.
• Build 3D reconstruction workflows that enable rapid creation of simulation environments from real-world facility scans.
• Create and maintain asset toolchains supporting industry-standard formats with appropriate physics and simulation metadata.
• Develop synthetic data generation pipelines that leverage high-fidelity 3D assets to produce training data for models.
• Collaborate with robotics engineers, ML researchers, and perception scientists to define asset fidelity requirements.
• Implement quality assurance and validation workflows for 3D assets, including automated checks for mesh integrity.
• Review code and technical designs to ensure adherence to team standards for 3D pipeline performance.
• Remain current in 3D reconstruction, neural rendering, and asset generation research.

• Employees at Microsoft are often offered comprehensive, “world-class” benefits—including health and mental-wellness programs, competitive pay with bonuses and stock awards, and retirement/savings options. Time-off and flexibility are common, with generous vacation and holidays, parental and caregiver leave, and flexible work schedules, alongside learning support, employee resource groups, product discounts, and matching-gifts/volunteering programs. Specific benefits can vary by region.