Member of Technical Staff, Robotics Control (Whole Body Control)

XDOF; San Mateo; On-site; PHP 800,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

XDOF is seeking a Robotics Controls Engineer in the Philippines to design and implement high-performance control systems for dexterous manipulators and humanoid robots. You will work across simulation and hardware, ensuring safe, precise, and repeatable robot motion through advanced impedance and optimization-based control techniques.

You should bring hands-on experience with real robots, strong C++/Python skills, and a solid foundation in robot dynamics and feedback control.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master’s degree in robotics, mechanical/electrical engineering, CS, or related field.
• Strong fundamentals in robot dynamics, kinematics, and feedback control.
• Hands-on experience implementing controllers on real robotic systems, not just in simulation.
• Strong C++ and/or Python, and comfort with real-time robotics systems.

Responsibilities

• Implement joint-space and Cartesian impedance/torque control for 7+ DoF robotic arms.
• Build whole-body control for humanoids with mobile bases and torsos.
• Design optimization-based controllers (QP, inverse dynamics, task/null-space).
• Develop collision-aware motion and control for robots.
• Integrate real-time control software from simulation to hardware deployment.
• Tune and validate controller performance across manipulation and locomotion tasks.
• Collaborate with data collection operators and hardware teams to diagnose control-related issues.

Skills

C++

Python

Robotics basics

Real-time control

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree

Tools

ROS

Embedded systems

Job description

At XDOF, we're at an inflection point. Frontier labs are racing to build general-purpose robots, and high-quality training data is the bottleneck. We're building the foundation behind the foundation models — the data collection systems, operational capability, exabyte-scale data warehouse, and software toolchain — to help our partners drive the field forward.

Great data starts with great hardware behavior. We're looking for a Robotics Controls Engineer to build the high-performance control systems that make our dexterous manipulators and humanoid robots move safely, precisely, and repeatably — because every teleoperation session, every collection run, and every downstream model depends on robots that respond exactly as commanded.

What You'll Do

• implementing joint-space and Cartesian impedance / torque control for 7+ DoF robotic arms
• building whole-body control (WBC) for highly redundant humanoids with mobile bases, arms, and actuated torsos
• designing optimization-based controllers: QP formulations, inverse dynamics, task/null-space control, and redundancy resolution
• developing collision-aware motion and control, including self-collision avoidance and environment constraints
• implementing and integrating real-time control software on physical robots, from simulation through hardware deployment
• tuning and validating controller performance across diverse manipulation and locomotion tasks
• working closely with data collection operators and hardware teams to diagnose and resolve control-related failure modes during teleoperation and autonomous runs

About You

Baseline skills:

• bachelor's or master's degree (or equivalent experience) in robotics, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, computer science, or a related field
• strong fundamentals in robot dynamics, kinematics, and feedback control
• hands‑on experience implementing controllers on real robotic systems, not just in simulation
• strong C++ and/or Python, and comfort working with real-time robotics systems

You Might Be a Good Fit If You

• have experience with whole-body control, operational‑space control, MPC, or optimization‑based control
• come from a background in humanoid robotics, manipulation, legged robotics, or advanced industrial robot control
• have worked on real‑time embedded control software and understand the constraints of deploying to physical hardware
• are very comfortable working in 0→1 environments
• are mission‑driven and passionate about robotics: work at XDOF is fast‑paced and constant. We hope you love what you're going to be doing, because you'll be doing a lot of it!