Robotics Controls Engineer
Core
Build and own testing/validation infrastructure (HIL, integration workflows) and observability tools for a humanoid robot control stack to ensure repeatability, accuracy, and failure analysis.
Role type
Controls Engineer (Robotics)
Builds
Humanoid robot control stack (HMND-01 Alpha)
Domain
Robotics, Control Systems, Hardware-in-the-loop testing
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
Control theory (joint-space, PID, feedforward, impedance/admittance, observers, state estimation), Modern C++ (real-time), Python (test harnesses), Hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) testing, Measurement and data analysis, Debugging across software/firmware/hardware boundaries
Preferred skills
Physics simulation (MuJoCo, Isaac Sim), Observability tooling (logging, tracing, time-series databases), First-time hardware bring-up, Release management
Technologies
C++, Python, HIL, MuJoCo, Isaac Sim, Grafana
Responsibilities
Build and own HIL and integration test workflows; Define repeatability and accuracy metrics; Develop automated regression checks; Contribute to first-time bring-up of new hardware; Instrument controls stack for observability; Write engineering documentation and runbooks
Seniority
Mid-Senior, hands-on IC
