Senior Robotics Controls Engineer

About the Role

We are building a new generation robotics software stack designed specifically for embedded robotic controllers.

As a Senior Robotics Controls Engineer , you will develop real-time control and application logic on top of our embedded robotics platform, maximizing the performance of ARM Cortex-M class MCUs. You will design control algorithms, run them on real hardware, and collaborate closely with the embedded firmware team to achieve deterministic, low-latency control loops .

What Youll Do

• Design and implement real-time robotic control algorithms (PID, LQR, MPC, etc.) running directly on MCUs
• Develop application-level logic including motion control, sensor fusion, state estimation, and mission behaviors
• Optimize algorithms for embedded compute, memory, and latency constraints
• Work closely with embedded engineers to align control cycles with DMA timing, cache behavior, ISR latency, and bus bandwidth
• Integrate sensors and actuators using platform-level APIs (CAN, SPI, I2C, encoder interfaces)
• Ensure deterministic timing , low jitter, and stable closed-loop performance
• Prototype control strategies using physics models and port them to real hardware
• Tune and validate control loops on real robots
• Contribute to architecture discussions for a next-gen robotics SDK

Must-Have Skills

Robotics & Controls

• Strong experience with control theory : PID, LQR, state-space control, MPC
• Solid knowledge of robot dynamics, kinematics, motor control, and actuator modeling
• Understanding of state estimation : EKF, complementary filters, sensor fusion
• Strong fundamentals in physics and applied mathematics

Embedded Execution Model Awareness

• ARM Cortex-M architecture: TCM/DTCM, SRAM, flash wait states
• Understanding of cache, memory layout, DMA timing , and interrupts
• Awareness of RTOS task scheduling, tick jitter, priority handling
• Knowledge of peripheral constraints : SPI latency, encoder interfaces, ADC timing
• Ability to design algorithms that fit the system instead of forcing complexity blindly

Programming

• Strong in C/C++ for embedded applications
• Experience writing control logic on MCU platforms
• Ability to profile and optimize for latency, bandwidth, and memory