Robotics Controls Engineer — Real-Time Precision Motion

XDOF; San Mateo (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

XDOF in California is seeking a Robotics Controls Engineer to build high-performance control systems for dexterous manipulators and humanoid robots, ensuring safe, precise, and repeatable motion across teleoperation and autonomous runs.

You will design impedance/torque control for 7+ DoF arms, build whole-body control for humanoids with mobile bases, and create optimization-based controllers and redundancy resolution.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or master's degree in robotics, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, computer science, or related field.
• 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.

Responsibilities

• Implement joint-space and Cartesian impedance/torque control for 7+ DoF robotic arms.
• Building whole-body control for 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.

Skills

C++

Python

Robot dynamics

Feedback control

Real-time robotics

Education

Bachelor's degree in robotics or related field

Master's degree in robotics or related field

Tools

ROS

Real-time OS

Job description

XDOF in California is seeking a Robotics Controls Engineer to build high-performance control systems for dexterous manipulators and humanoid robots, ensuring safe, precise, and repeatable motion across teleoperation and autonomous runs.

You will design impedance/torque control for 7+ DoF arms, build whole-body control for humanoids with mobile bases, and create optimization-based controllers and redundancy resolution.