Senior / Staff Robotics Controls Engineer

Skills

About the Role

You will design, implement and tune controllers for joint, Cartesian and coordinated motion, develop compliance behavior such as impedance and admittance, handle mode transitions and recovery, build production C++ control software, run hardware experiments, and validate workflows with other engineers.

Requirements

• BS, MS or PhD in Robotics, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science or related field, or equivalent experience
• Experience implementing and debugging feedback controllers on physical robots
• Strong understanding of feedback control, kinematics, dynamics, stability and model uncertainty
• Substantial experience in Cartesian control, whole-body coordination, impedance/admittance or force control
• Strong C++ and practical Python
• Ability to take a control workstream through hardware validation
• 5 days/week in-office

Responsibilities

• Design, implement and tune controllers for joint, Cartesian or coordinated robot motion
• Integrate control with kinematics, dynamics, task priorities and actuator limits
• Develop compliance and physical interaction behavior
• Implement controller behavior for command transitions, stale inputs, stopping and recovery
• Build maintainable C++ control software
• Design experiments and analyze hardware data
• Validate workflows with planning, platform, teleoperation and test engineers and maintain regression coverage

Benefits

• Competitive stock options/equity programs
• Health, dental, and vision insurance
• 401(k) plan
• Visa sponsorship and green card support for qualified candidates
• Lunches and dinners, fully stocked kitchen, team-building events