Robotics Controls Engineer — Real-Time Humanoid Systems (Seattle)

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

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental and vision benefits

401k plan

Commuting stipend

Generous paid vacation and holidays

Annual bonuses

Job summary

You should have hands-on experience with real‑robot manipulation, robust Python and C++ development, and CAD‑level hardware design. The role offers on‑site work with generous benefits and a strong emphasis on safety and performance.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in robotics, control or related field; 3+ years experience or PhD with similar track record
• Experience implementing and tuning real‑time controllers on physical robots; solid grounding in rigid‑body dynamics and control theory
• Experience with whole‑body/float­ing‑base control, QP-based or MPC approaches and hardware or high‑fidelity simulation
• Hands-on manipulation/bring-up of robot arms, grippers or hands; end‑to‑end robot software systems
• Strong Python; real‑time C++ programming; CAD for hardware; ROS 2, DDS or similar middleware

Responsibilities

• Build and own the real‑time control stack for arms, hands and humanoids, including safety layers and interfaces for learned policies
• Tune whole‑body controllers for humanoids and bimanual systems with state estimation and sim‑to‑real transfer
• Lead setup and maintenance of robots, cameras and tactile sensors across multiple platforms
• Diagnose stability, latency and contact issues using system identification and dynamics models
• Design and build hardware such as end‑effectors and fixtures; create CAD models and test rigs
• Develop runtime tooling for teleoperation, logging, monitoring, deployment and scalable operation
• Contribute to open‑source releases and publications

Skills

Python

Real-time C++

ROS 2

Rigid-body dynamics

Education

Master's in Robotics

PhD preferred

Tools

ROS 2

DDS

Zenoh

SolidWorks/Fusion 360/Onshape CAD

Job description

You should have hands-on experience with real‑robot manipulation, robust Python and C++ development, and CAD‑level hardware design. The role offers on‑site work with generous benefits and a strong emphasis on safety and performance.