Robotics Controls Engineer
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Job overview
Apple’s R&D group seeks a Robotics Controls Engineer to develop, prototype, and validate complex next-generation systems. The engineer will build ways to assess prototype and component performance, including methods, instrumentation, and testing software for mechanisms, sensors, and electronics. The role partners with robotics and control algorithm developers, mechanical engineers, and power electronics teams to test custom control systems.
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Role Number: 200693759-3956
Summary
Join a team of passionate and creative engineers dedicated to building technologies that shape the future. One of Apple’s R&D groups is seeking a Robotics Controls Engineer to develop, prototype, and validate complex, next-generation systems. In this role, you will build capabilities to assess the performance of system prototypes and sub-components, developing novel methods, instrumentation, and testing software across mechanisms, sensors, and electronics. We are looking for hands-on, creative individuals eager to push performance boundaries on cutting-edge hardware.
Description
In this role you will partner with robotics and control algorithm developers, mechanical engineers, and power electronics teams to prototype, test, and validate custom control systems for unique applications.
Minimum Qualifications
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MS or PhD in Engineering plus 3+ years of relevant industry experience
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Strong knowledge in classical/modern control theory, robotics, and digital signal processing
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Deep domain expertise in sensor integration and characterization, with an emphasis on IMUs
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Experience in hardware/software integration, bring-up, and physical system debugging
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Proficient in C/C++ and Python or MATLAB
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Experience with modern software development workflows, version control (e.g., Git), and genAI developer productivity tools (e.g., Claude)
Preferred Qualifications
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Experience with rapid prototyping using off-the-shelf sensors and MCUs
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Experience with embedded systems testing, analysis and bring-up
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Strong background in experimental data analysis, system telemetry, and physical system introspection
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Background in Field Oriented Control (FOC) for motor drives and actuators
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Familiarity with hardware communication buses and protocols (e.g., CAN, Ethernet, UART, SPI, I2C, BiSS)
Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We seek to promote equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics.
How this job compares
Set against the 2,322 open Controls Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 10, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- California median$134–186K/yr153 salary ranges
- US median$39–53/hr152 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 200 open Controls Engineer jobs in California and 2,322 across the US. 2% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 3 years of experience; Controls Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (1,951 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a master's degree; 18 of the 2,322 open Controls Engineer jobs (under 1%) ask for a master's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 10, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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