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Job overview
The role designs, implements, and optimizes embedded control stacks for general-purpose robots, creating motion planning and trajectory optimization algorithms, building real-time state estimation pipelines, and developing modular software frameworks. The engineer leads debugging, tuning, and validation on physical robots while integrating hardware, software, and algorithms.
Skills & qualifications
Skills
Qualifications
Full job description
What You’ll Do
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Design, implement, and optimize the embedded control stack for general-purpose robots
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Design motion planning and trajectory optimization algorithms for dynamic locomotion and manipulation
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Build real-time state estimation pipelines for pose, contact, and force sensing, fusing heterogeneous sensor data under noise and uncertainty
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Formulate and solve optimal control problems (nonlinear MPC, convex optimization, trajectory optimization) for high-performance and stable behavior
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Build modular and robust software frameworks enabling rapid iteration between simulation and hardware
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Lead debugging, tuning, and validation of controllers directly on physical robots
What You’ll Bring
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Passion for your craft and demonstrated excellence in control systems engineering
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Extensive experience in designing, implementing, and deploying advanced control algorithms on real robotic system products (8+ years)
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Deep expertise in dynamics, kinematics, optimal control, and state estimation
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Strong command of hardware interfaces, sensors (IMUs, F/T sensors), and actuation technologies (motors, gearboxes, drivers)
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Production-level mastery of C++ with a track record of building reliable, safety-critical software
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Proven ability to bridge across hardware, software, and algorithms to deliver robust end-to-end systems
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An open mind about the power of deep learning, reinforcement learning, and vision-language-action models as critical for general-purpose robotics
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Bonus: Experience shipping humanoid robots or whole-body control systems
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Bonus: Impactful published work in control theory, state estimation, or mathematical optimization
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Bonus: Familiarity with parallel computation on GPUs to accelerate optimization
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