Senior Robotics Controls Engineer Jobs

Senior Robotics Controls Engineer

1X Technologies

Location:
United States, Palo Alto

Category:
IT - Software Development

Contract Type:
Employment contract

Salary:

137861.00 - 240000.00 USD / Year

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Job Description:

We’re looking for curious, driven, and passionate people who want to help shape the future of robotics and AI. If this mission excites you, we’d be thrilled to hear from you and explore how you might contribute to our journey.

Job Responsibility:

Develop humanoid controls algorithms for balancing, locomotion, and manipulation
Design fast and efficient state‑estimation algorithms
Perform system identification (SysID) and calibration of actuators, transmissions, and full‑body kinematics
Integrate hardware components and evaluate sensors
Build tooling for hardware bring‑up and debugging
Develop software for robot health monitoring, visualization, and logging
Build and maintain APIs used by other software components to command the robot

Requirements:

3+ years of practical experience deploying and debugging controls or estimation‑adjacent software on high‑degree‑of‑freedom robots
Solid understanding of rigid body dynamics, linear algebra, and numerical optimization
Familiarity with optimization‑based whole body control, extended Kalman filter (EKF)‑based state estimators, or model predictive control for legged systems
Proficiency working with large C++ code bases in a Linux development environment
Familiarity with modern software development practices, source control, and testing methodologies

Nice to have:

Experience with Java, Unity/C#, Python, real‑time Linux, ROS2, and DDS
Experience writing embedded C for interfacing with sensors or actuators
Familiarity with the Yocto OS build system
Personal experience building a robot or working with robotics hardware in spare time

What we offer:

Health, dental, and vision insurance
401(k) with company match
Paid time off and holidays

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
December 01, 2025

Employment Type:

Fulltime

Work Type:

On-site work

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