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Robotic Control Engineer

United States, San Jose · Job Posted December 11, 2025
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Job Description

We are seeking a driven individual to join our full stack autonomous robotic team. You will be working with a cross-functional team of platform integration, localization, motion planning, perception and mapping engineers.

Job Responsibility

  • Develop control software for the PolyExplore robot platform
  • Model robot and controller dynamics and use these models to characterize and accelerate controller improvements
  • Building/Integrating software and algorithms for path planning and robot control

Requirements

  • High level of proficiency developing in C/C++
  • Experience with adaptive control, system identification, and statistical and machine learning methods
  • Knowledge of vehicle dynamics
  • Experience with search-based motion planning algorithms
  • Experience with software engineering tools and Linux

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