CareerPlan

Robotics Algorithms Engineer, Manipulation & Control

ColumbusFull-time$160k–$210k2026-10-30 → 2026-11-09
No visa sponsorship

Core

Design and own the real-time closed-loop control and state estimation system for a robot arm to perform precise physical manipulation tasks in uncalibrated environments.

Role type

Senior IC robotics algorithms engineer (manipulation & control)

Builds

Hard-real-time control software for physical robot arms and end-effectors

Domain

Robotics, Control Systems, Real-time Systems

Required skills

Model-predictive control, Kalman/particle/moving-horizon estimation, observability analysis, arm kinematics and dynamics, trajectory generation and correction, visual servoing, geometric/model-based vision, 3D sensing, point-cloud registration, production C++, ROS/ROS 2, hard-real-time software engineering

Preferred skills

Learning-based control, whole-body control

Responsibilities

Implement state estimation, feedback and predictive control, correct end-effector trajectories, design systems that know their own uncertainty, build robust hard-real-time software, set technical direction toward learning-based control

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC