Senior Robotics Engineer, Controls
Core
Design and tune precision motion control stacks for autonomous systems, including control architecture, state estimation, and hardware testing.
Role type
Senior individual contributor robotics controls engineer
Builds
Precision pointing and tracking control loops, state estimation systems, and simulation infrastructure for autonomous defense systems
Domain
Defense technology, autonomous systems, robotics
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Classical and state-space control (LQR, MPC), state estimation and sensor fusion (Kalman, EKF, UKF), system identification, real-time C++ programming, servo drive and actuator dynamics modeling, hardware-in-the-loop validation
Preferred skills
Experience with resonance compensation, friction and backlash management, latency and jitter reduction in real-time loops
Technologies
C++, Python, MATLAB/Simulink, IMUs, encoders, vision feedback systems
Responsibilities
Design and tune closed-loop control loops from sensor input to actuator command; Build state estimation and sensor fusion across IMUs, encoders, and vision feedback; Identify and model gimbal, mount, and actuator dynamics; Develop simulation and hardware-in-the-loop infrastructure; Characterize system performance on hardware and during field testing
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
