Mayo Clinic is building one of the most ambitious digital twin and simulation programs in healthcare, anchored in the Bold. Forward. Unbound. campus transformation initiative. As a Simulation Engineer on the Omniverse Platform team, you will design, develop, and operationalize real-time 3D simulation environments that represent Mayo Clinic's physical campuses, clinical workflows, and medical research scenarios.
You will work at the intersection of enterprise technology and clinical innovation, translating complex facility, operational, and research data into living digital models. Your work will directly support space planning, surgical and procedural simulation, equipment optimization, and research into human-machine interaction in clinical environments.
Key Responsibilities
Simulation Development & Engineering
• Design, build, and maintain real-time simulation environments within NVIDIA Omniverse, including USD-based scene construction, physics simulation, and rendering pipelines
• Develop custom Omniverse extensions, connectors, and microservices to integrate Mayo Clinic data sources (BIM, IoT, EHR-adjacent operational data) into simulation contexts
• Implement autonomous agent behaviors, crowd simulation, and workflow modeling for clinical and facilities scenarios
• Optimize simulation performance for real-time use cases including mixed reality (MR) and virtual reality (VR) delivery
Platform Integration & Data Engineering
• Build and maintain pipelines that synchronize physical-world data (sensor feeds, spatial data, operational metrics) with digital twin representations
• Collaborate with infrastructure, data engineering, and enterprise architecture teams to ensure simulation workloads are aligned with Azure cloud infrastructure and Mayo Clinic platform standards
• Integrate Omniverse with enterprise systems including Autodesk Revit, Bentley, Epic (EHR), and IoT/SCADA platforms as applicable
Research & Clinical Collaboration
• Partner with clinical, research, and facilities stakeholders to translate real-world requirements into simulation use cases and fidelity specifications
• Support surgical training, procedural simulation, and human factors research through development of anatomically and operationally accurate virtual environments
• Contribute to Mayo Clinic's research publication pipeline through simulation methodology documentation and collaboration with research teams
Platform Governance & Standards
• Establish and enforce simulation engineering standards, asset management practices, and version control protocols for the Omniverse environment
• Contribute to architecture review processes, ensuring simulation platform design aligns with enterprise security, compliance, and scalability requirements
• Mentor junior engineers and develop internal capability in real-time 3D simulation technologies
This vacancy is not eligible for sponsorship/ we will not sponsor or transfer visas for this position. Also, Mayo Clinic DOES NOT participate in the F-1 STEM OPT extension program.
Required qualifications for this position include: Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science/Engineering or related field with 5 years of experience as noted below; OR an Associate’s degree in Computer/Science/Engineering or related field with 7 years of experience.
Have in-depth knowledge of software engineering with experience coding applications or services in a high-level language (C, C++, Golang, Java, C# etc.) and a basic knowledge of related fields.
Demonstrated problem solving and time management skills. Possesses strong technical aptitude for designing and implementing software solutions. Experience with modern application development frameworks
Knowledge of professional software engineering practices & best practices for the full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations. Deep hands-on technical expertise, excellent verbal and written communication skills. Experience with Agile software development techniques.
• Preferred qualifications for this position include:
• Master's degree in Computer Science/Engineering or related field.
• Ability to use a wide variety of open-source technologies and cloud-based services.
• Experience writing software for the cloud (GCP, AWS, Azure).
• Experience in databases, analytics, big data systems or business intelligence products.
• Experience building high-performance, highly available and scalable distributed systems.
• Experience developing software for healthcare related industries.
The preferred candidate will possess:
Why Mayo Clinic
Mayo Clinic is top-ranked in more specialties than any other care provider according to U.S. News & World Report. As we work together to put the needs of the patient first, we are also dedicated to our employees, investing in competitive compensation and comprehensive benefit plans – to take care of you and your family, now and in the future. And with continuing education and advancement opportunities at every turn, you can build a long, successful career with Mayo Clinic.
Benefits Highlights
Mayo Clinic has expanded and changed in many ways, but our values remain true to the vision of our founders. Our primary value – The needs of the patient come first – guides our plans and decisions as we create the future of health care. Join us and you'll find a culture of teamwork, professionalism and mutual respect, and most importantly, a life-changing career.
Mayo Clinic was founded in Rochester, Minnesota by brothers Dr. William James Mayo and Dr. Charles Horace Mayo. More than 100 years later, their vision continues to evolve around a single guiding value: "The needs of the patient come first." Today we are the largest integrated, not for-profit medical group practice in the world.
We are recognized for high-quality patient care more than any other academic medical center in the nation. These endorsements are very gratifying, but also humbling. They remind us of the tradition that has been entrusted to each one of us, and the legacy of excellence that we uphold every day.
