Lead Real-Time Robotics Controls Engineer (Humanoids)

Ai2; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 129,000 - 193,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision benefits

401k plan

Commuting stipend

Fitness and wellbeing stipend

Paid time off

Job summary

Ai2's Robotics team in Seattle seeks a hands‑on controls expert to own the real‑time control stack for torque‑controlled arms, hands and humanoids. You will tune impedance and operational‑space control, ensure safety, and integrate learned policies with hardware across multiple embodiments.

You will collaborate with researchers and simulation teams to translate simulation results into reliable hardware behavior, while leading hardware design, testing and deployment efforts across projects at Ai2.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in robotics, controls or a related field with 3+ years of experience.

Responsibilities

• Build and own the real‑time control stack for arms, hands, and humanoids.
• Tune and stabilize whole‑body controllers for humanoids and bimanual systems.
• Lead setup, calibration, and maintenance of robots across platforms.
• Diagnose stability, latency and contact issues using system models and data.
• Design hardware components from CAD to test rigs for lab needs.
• Develop runtime tooling for teleoperation, data collection, and deployment.
• Contribute to open‑source releases and publications.

Skills

Real-time control

Whole-body control

Robot manipulation

Python

C++

CAD

PyTorch

ROS 2

Debugging full stack

Education

Master’s degree in robotics or related field

Bachelor’s degree + 3+ years industry experience

Tools

ROSB 2

DDS/Zenoh

Real-time Linux

CI/CD

SolidWorks/ Fusion 360 / Onshape

Job description

Ai2's Robotics team in Seattle seeks a hands‑on controls expert to own the real‑time control stack for torque‑controlled arms, hands and humanoids. You will tune impedance and operational‑space control, ensure safety, and integrate learned policies with hardware across multiple embodiments.

You will collaborate with researchers and simulation teams to translate simulation results into reliable hardware behavior, while leading hardware design, testing and deployment efforts across projects at Ai2.