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Principal Research Engineer - Control, Optimization & Safety Systems

Austin, Texas💼 Full-time💰 $249,900–$249,900🗓 2026-05-09 → 2026-07-22

Core

Developing real-time control, optimization, and safety-critical systems for embodied AI and robotics, integrating them with learning-based components in hierarchical architectures.

Role type

Principal Research Engineer (Control, Optimization & Safety)

Builds

Safe, reliable, and controllable robotic systems with bounded behavior

Domain

Robotics, Embodied AI, Control Theory, Optimization

Deliverable

production ML models | product features

Required skills

Control theory, Robotics dynamics, Optimization, Real-time systems, Safety-critical systems, C++, Python, Robotic platforms, Simulators, Top-tier publications

Preferred skills

MPC, Trajectory optimization, Control Barrier Functions, Formal methods, Learning-based control, High-DOF robots

Technologies

C++, Python, MPC, Control Barrier Functions

Responsibilities

Develop control algorithms (e.g., MPC, optimal control) for complex robots; Integrate control with learning-based components in hierarchical systems; Design safety mechanisms (runtime assurance, constraint enforcement); Contribute to real-time system design under strict latency constraints; Enable system-level integration across ML, perception, and systems; Translate safety and control requirements into compute and architecture insights

Seniority

Principal, research direction & architecture definition

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