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We are seeking a Senior Robotic Simulation Engineer with deep, hands-on expertise in building high-fidelity simulation environments and synthetic data pipelines using NVIDIA Isaac Sim or similar.

In this role, you will directly contribute to the development of scalable, realistic virtual worlds that power the training and validation of robotic foundation models for perception, planning, and manipulation.

At GM’s manufacturing technology development team, you’ll work closely with robotics and AI teams within the Manufacturing Technology Development (MTD) team to create simulation scenes that replicate complex manufacturing environments, generate diverse synthetic datasets, and build robust data workflows that accelerate model development and deployment.

Key Responsibilities • Build and customize simulation scenes in Isaac Sim that accurately reflect real-world robotic tasks and factory layouts • Develop synthetic data generation pipelines, including randomized object placement, sensor simulation, and multi-modal annotations (RGB, depth, segmentation, point clouds) • Implement and maintain data processing workflows, ensuring data quality, traceability, and compatibility with ML training pipelines • Optimize simulation performance and realism, tuning physics parameters, asset fidelity, and rendering configurations for scalable experimentation • Collaborate with robotics engineers and ML scientists to align simulation outputs with model requirements and support sim2real transfer • Conduct hands-on testing and debugging, iterating on simulation setups and synthetic data strategies to improve model robustness • Document workflows and contribute to best practices, enabling reproducibility and knowledge sharing across teams Required Qualifications • MSc or PhD in Robotics, Computer Graphics, Computer Vision, or related field • 3+ years of hands-on experience in robotics simulation, synthetic data generation, or virtual environment development • Proficiency with Isaac Sim, Omniverse, or similar simulation platforms • Strong programming skills in Python and C++, with experience in simulation APIs and data annotation tools • Familiarity with 3D vision, sensor modeling, and domain randomization techniques • Experience integrating simulation outputs into ML pipelines for training and evaluation Preferred Qualifications • Experience with robotics frameworks (e.g., ROS/ROS2, MoveIt, Nav2) • Experience with robotics simulation platforms (e.g., IsaacSim, MoJoCo, Gazebo) or Game engine (e.g., Unreal, Unity) • Background in industrial automation, autonomous vehicles, or robotic manipulation • Publications or contributions in simulation, synthetic data, or robotics venues (e.g.

ICRA, RSS, CVPR) • Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and modern software development practices such as Bash, Github, Bazel, Docker

Title: Buyer - (Services Buying experience) (Need Local Candidates)

Location: Detroit, MI

Duration: 7 Months

Rate: $40-$45/Hour on W2

Job Summary:

Provide core management in the procurement of various commodities to achieve budget objects, supplier diversity and on-time delivery.

Support Supply Chain leaders, Strategic Category Manager(s), buyers and a predetermined business unit to achieve total cost management.

Other Qualifications:

Preferred:

• · Degree in Business, Supply Chain Management, Engineering, or Economics
• · Prior procurement experience in Solar / Renewable Energy components.
• · Yellow/Green/Black belt certification

Other Requirements:

• Demonstrate strong interpersonal, communication and presentation skills.
• Intermediate skills in Microsoft applications (i.e: Excel, PowerPoint, & Word)
• Demonstrates an ability to manage multimillion dollar contracts, consistent positive business unit and warehouse feedback, little rework, meeting deadlines, taking on additional work, working independently on routine tasks, and effectively prioritizing tasks to meet business needs and deadlines.
• Strong negotiation skills and contract writing, evident through successfully and independently negotiating less complex contracts, including the terms and conditions, building relationships with our business unit partners and vendors, independently completing purchase agreements, crafting service agreements, and reviewing peers' contracts for compliance with client's requirements
• Demonstrates an understanding of risk management, value analysis and proper decision making through ensuring terms and conditions are complete and accurate, appropriately analyzing tradeoffs, consequences and liabilities of actions, knowing when to escalate issues to leadership or experts, and independently making good decisions in routine situations.
• Demonstrates a basic understanding of business needs and the organization as a whole, as demonstrated by participation in business unit meetings, placing orders within requisition and funding requirements, and exhibiting general knowledge of the current market.
• Demonstrated application of continuous improvement tools, systems and processes
• Demonstrates an understanding of procurement for solar materials and working directly with EPC contractors.

The Director of Direct Procurement is a newly created role, working for a specialized manufacturing and design company located in Madison Heights, of Detroit, Michigan. The company focuses on safety products used in healthcare and institutional environments.

The post holder will be site-based and responsible for developing and implementing the sourcing strategy for the U.S. side of the business. This is a greenfield role that requires a highly hands-on individual capable of reviewing the existing supplier base and transforming it into a scalable, fit-for-purpose supply network as the business enters a phase of significant growth.

The role involves procuring materials, components, and services that are directly used in the company’s products and core operations. The focus will be on driving cost efficiency, ensuring supply reliability, and building strong, long-term supplier partnerships that support operational and production objectives.

The position requires close collaboration with cross-functional teams including operations, engineering, finance, and logistics to ensure the timely availability of critical materials while continuously optimizing total cost of ownership.

Key Responsibilities:

Strategic Sourcing

• Develop and implement sourcing strategies for direct materials and components.
• Identify and evaluate suppliers based on cost, quality, delivery performance, and sustainability.
• Conduct market analysis to identify opportunities for cost reduction and supply chain improvement.

Supplier Management

• Build and maintain strong relationships with key suppliers.
• Lead negotiations for pricing, contracts, and long-term agreements.
• Monitor supplier performance and ensure compliance with company standards.

Procurement Operations

• Manage purchase orders and ensure timely procurement of direct materials.
• Coordinate with internal teams to forecast demand and maintain optimal inventory levels.
• Resolve supply chain issues and minimize disruptions.

Cost Optimization

• Identify cost-saving opportunities through supplier consolidation, contract negotiations, and process improvements.
• Implement total cost of ownership (TCO) analysis for sourcing decisions.

Risk Management

• Monitor supply chain risks and develop contingency plans.
• Ensure compliance with procurement policies, regulations, and ethical standards.

Qualifications & Experience

• Ideally degree educated ideally in Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, Engineering, or a related field.
• 5–10 years of experience in direct procurement or sourcing, preferably in manufacturing, logistics, or industrial sectors.
• Strong negotiation and supplier management skills.
• Analytical mindset with strong problem-solving capabilities.

What my client Offers

• Competitive salary and performance-based bonuses
• Opportunities for career development within the global procurement function
• Collaborative and international working environment

GM’s Human Interface Design (HID) team is shaping the future of how people interact with our vehicles—through advanced interfaces, immersive visuals, and emotionally resonant experiences. As part of the Advanced UX Insights team, you’ll help the build a foundation for General Motors customer experiences on the 10-year horizon. You will frame and communicate visions of the future and propose new vehicle experience opportunities for GM through conceptual visualization, prototyping, and 2D/3D design. This team blends future foresight, creativity, strategic thinking, industrial design and digital visualization craft to envision intuitive, inclusive, and future‑forward mobility experiences. If you're excited by future thinking, thoughtful collaboration and bringing bold ideas to life, this role offers the opportunity to influence future chapters of GM’s design innovation.

What You’ll Do:

Immerse in a collaborative process of learning and discourse, informed by the latest views on societal, technology, economic, policy and sustainability trends. Identify and communicate key disruptors that could alter the vehicle transportation business. Lead an iterative design problem solving process that considers existing and emerging technologies, then creatively applies them to address current and projected customer needs. Create visions for the future that define key customer value propositions, required vehicle attributes, hardware and software features, technical requirements, and customer experience outcomes. Envision advanced UX concepts and visual directions that shape future in‑vehicle experiences, supported by storyboards, narrative flows, and clear visual storytelling. Produce and guide others in the creation of high‑quality concept visuals—including 2D illustrations, UI explorations, and simple 3D models or animations that bring future‑state interactions to life. Deliver finished design assets such as layouts, sketches, motion graphics, and user journeys that are ready for collaboration, customer research or handoff. Collaborate and present effectively with cross‑functional teams (design, research, engineering, product, suppliers) while bringing forward fresh foresight from UX, mobility, AI, and technology trends to influence future product and service decisions.

Your Skills & Abilities (Required Qualifications):

• 2D sketching/rendering, 3D conceptual modeling, animation, and presentation visualization
• 5+ years of professional experience in Industrial Design, Transportation Design, UX Design, Human Interface Design, or related fields.
• Strong, thoughtfully curated design portfolio demonstrating:
• A customer-centric approach to design highlighting original, creative solutions that solve clearly articulated customer needs
• Design proposals that consider the full spectrum of user interactions both physical and digital
• A range of design, visualization and communication methods utilized to best communicate your concepts across variety of design challenges

What Will Give You a Competitive Edge (Preferred Qualifications):

• Strong proficiency in 2D sketching/rendering in Photoshop.
• High proficiency in Powerpoint for compelling, editable presentations. Proficiency of 3D modeling in Alias and Blender.
• Proficiency of visualization and basic animation.

Are you a highly creative design individual who is interested in being part of one of the most exciting design studios in the world? Based in Warren, Michigan, where the fusion of Art, Design and Technology come together, General Motors North America has exciting opportunities for creative designers in many areas of the organization across our Advanced and Production studios including interiors, exteriors, components, accessories, lighting and product.

As a Senior Creative Designer at GM, you will be part of a larger, connected, global design team working on forward-thinking, extraordinary elements in production design. We are looking for someone who thrives in a team environment and displays a strong ability to manage multiple tasks and timelines. We need someone with a considerable amount of perception, design taste, judgment and creativity as well as a high level of skill, accuracy, and coordination.

Your role will be to see the future - researching, designing and creating proposals that demonstrate innovative concepts, from inception to implementation, for automotive and mobility applications. You will create fresh, innovative designs with customer experience in mind for interiors for GM brands. Through the lens of brand strategy, you will generate concepts in both 2D and 3D proposals. You will adeptly refine ideas as you receive feedback. You will coordinate the work of other design personnel and collaborate with multiple partners to achieve design goals. You will follow design process from the sketch form to the final release clay model.

If you are driven and eager to propel your career forward, take your next step in joining a world class design studio at General Motors!

What You'll Do:

• Lead a design team to develop bold interior designs that support brand goals and enhance customer experience. The role requires strong design judgment, creativity, and attention to detail.
• Translate ideas into finished designs using 2D sketches, animations [Ai], 3D sketch tools, and close collaboration with clay and digital sculpting teams.
• Collaborate frequently with the design team, sculpting organization, engineering and fabrication teams in the development of new designs.
• Provide insight and recommendations to leadership while possessing willingness and acuity to act upon guidance in a deadline driven environment.
• Maintain knowledge of current design trends and technology. Present ideas frequently to management and leadership to communicate design ideas.
• Exhibit courage and challenge expectations.

Your Skills & Abilities (Required Qualifications):

• Minimum 5 years of experience in an OEM design studio.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Design (Automotive, Transportation, Industrial…).
• Strong understanding of form, 2-D to 3-D interpretation, and ability to visualize.
• Creativity, independence, Autonomy, Problem solving, design judgment, team spirit, volume understanding.
• Ability to work independently and lead a team as well as provide mentoring.
• For your portfolio; several series of sketches and ideations, production program experience samples.

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At Raytheon, the foundation of everything we do is rooted in our values and a higher calling – to help our nation and allies defend freedoms and deter aggression. We bring the strength of more than 100 years of experience and renowned engineering expertise to meet the needs of today’s mission and stay ahead of tomorrow’s threat. Our team solves tough, meaningful problems that create a safer, more secure world. 

The Senior Data Manager identifies all data deliverables made part of a contract and subsequently builds a data track in a Product Data Management (PDM) system. The DM identifies, with help from the Program Office, the appropriate preparers, receive the data within PDM, reviews the data for compliance, solicits and secures appropriate programmatic approval and delivers the information to the customer on time, throughout the lifecycle of the contract.

In addition, DMs are responsible for reviewing sub-tier contractor requirements, building data tracks for supplier submissions, receiving data from various suppliers, and routing for approval and/or incorporation into prime contractor deliverables to the customer as well as securing non-deliverable program work products to be configuration controlled in the PDM system and other related tasking.

This position is in McKinney Texas

What You Will Do

• Reading contracts for understanding of the deliverables
• Working in a PDM system to capture, manage, and track data deliverables and/or receivables
• Coordinating with cross-functional teams to obtain requested data
• Proofreading data for compliance to the requirement(s)
• Managing the data deliverable schedule and providing the data to the customer on-time
• Learning and understanding contractually required markings applied to data
• Running forecast reports and providing them to the appropriate stakeholders
• Providing metrics related to on-time deliveries and outstanding dispositions upon request
• Reviewing and approving sub-tier supplier statements of work for data requirements
• Supporting program meetings and providing training to program personnel and customers and/or suppliers
• Handling and protection of Company Intellectual Property (IP) as well as U.S. government IP and classified information

Qualifications you must have

• Bachelor’s degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of 2 years prior relevant experience OR a related Associate’s degree and 4 years of relevant experience OR in absence of a degree, 6 years of relevant experience
• Minimum of 2 years’ experience related to data management and/or equivalent professional experience
• Minimum of 2 years’ experience in a customer support/service role 

Qualifications We Value

• Knowledge of U.S. government defense contracts
• Knowledge of U.S. government specifications and instructions such as the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS), Data Item Descriptions (DIDs), Department of Defense (DoD) Instruction 5230.24 Distribution Statements on Technical Documents, National Industrial Security Program Operating Manual (NISPOM) (DoD 5220.22-M)
• Collaborate in a team environment
• Self-motivated and detail oriented
• Proven excellent oral and written communication and presentation skills
• Excellent proofreading skills

What We Offer

• Our values drive our actions, behaviors, and performance with a vision for a safer, more connected world. At RTX we value: Safety, Trust, Respect, Accountability, Collaboration, and Innovation.
• Relocation Eligibility

Learn More & Apply Now!

• Please consider the following role type definition as you apply for this role.
  • Onsite : Employees who are working in Onsite roles will work primarily onsite. This includes all production and maintenance employees, as they are essential to the development of our products.

As part of our commitment to maintaining a secure hiring process, candidates may be asked to attend select steps of the interview process in-person at one of our office locations, regardless of whether the role is designated as on-site, hybrid or remote.

RTX is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or veteran status, or any other applicable state or federal protected class. RTX provides affirmative action in employment for qualified Individuals with a Disability and Protected Veterans in compliance with Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act and the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act.

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Date Posted:

Country:

Location:

Position Role Type:

U.S. Citizen, U.S. Person, or Immigration Status Requirements:

Security Clearance Type:

Security Clearance Status:

At Raytheon, the foundation of everything we do is rooted in our values and a higher calling – to help our nation and allies defend freedoms and deter aggression. We bring the strength of more than 100 years of experience and renowned engineering expertise to meet the needs of today’s mission and stay ahead of tomorrow’s threat. Our team solves tough, meaningful problems that create a safer, more secure world. 

The Senior Data Manager identifies all data deliverables made part of a contract and subsequently builds a data track in a Product Data Management (PDM) system. The DM identifies, with help from the Program Office, the appropriate preparers, receive the data within PDM, reviews the data for compliance, solicits and secures appropriate programmatic approval and delivers the information to the customer on time, throughout the lifecycle of the contract.

In addition, DMs are responsible for reviewing sub-tier contractor requirements, building data tracks for supplier submissions, receiving data from various suppliers, and routing for approval and/or incorporation into prime contractor deliverables to the customer as well as securing non-deliverable program work products to be configuration controlled in the PDM system and other related tasking.

This position is in McKinney Texas

What You Will Do

• Reading contracts for understanding of the deliverables
• Working in a PDM system to capture, manage, and track data deliverables and/or receivables
• Coordinating with cross-functional teams to obtain requested data
• Proofreading data for compliance to the requirement(s)
• Managing the data deliverable schedule and providing the data to the customer on-time
• Learning and understanding contractually required markings applied to data
• Running forecast reports and providing them to the appropriate stakeholders
• Providing metrics related to on-time deliveries and outstanding dispositions upon request
• Reviewing and approving sub-tier supplier statements of work for data requirements
• Supporting program meetings and providing training to program personnel and customers and/or suppliers
• Handling and protection of Company Intellectual Property (IP) as well as U.S. government IP and classified information

Qualifications you must have

• Bachelor’s degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of 2 years prior relevant experience OR a related Associate’s degree and 4 years of relevant experience OR in absence of a degree, 6 years of relevant experience
• Minimum of 2 years’ experience related to data management and/or equivalent professional experience
• Minimum of 2 years’ experience in a customer support/service role 

Qualifications We Value

• Knowledge of U.S. government defense contracts
• Knowledge of U.S. government specifications and instructions such as the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS), Data Item Descriptions (DIDs), Department of Defense (DoD) Instruction 5230.24 Distribution Statements on Technical Documents, National Industrial Security Program Operating Manual (NISPOM) (DoD 5220.22-M)
• Collaborate in a team environment
• Self-motivated and detail oriented
• Proven excellent oral and written communication and presentation skills
• Excellent proofreading skills

What We Offer

• Our values drive our actions, behaviors, and performance with a vision for a safer, more connected world. At RTX we value: Safety, Trust, Respect, Accountability, Collaboration, and Innovation.
• Relocation Eligibility

Learn More & Apply Now!

• Please consider the following role type definition as you apply for this role.
  • Onsite : Employees who are working in Onsite roles will work primarily onsite. This includes all production and maintenance employees, as they are essential to the development of our products.

As part of our commitment to maintaining a secure hiring process, candidates may be asked to attend select steps of the interview process in-person at one of our office locations, regardless of whether the role is designated as on-site, hybrid or remote.

RTX is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or veteran status, or any other applicable state or federal protected class. RTX provides affirmative action in employment for qualified Individuals with a Disability and Protected Veterans in compliance with Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act and the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act.

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