Robotics Dynamics & Control Scientist Bimanual Manipulation

Holiday Robotics; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 200,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity packages

Health insurance

401(k) retirement plan

Relocation stipend

Free daily meals

Job summary

Holiday Robotics Research Inc. in Mountain View, CA is seeking a Research Scientist/Engineer to lead dynamics and control research for dexterous manipulation on the Friday humanoid robot.

You will design, test, and deploy end-to-end control pipelines from perception to planning and control, bridging simulation and real-world experiments. You will collaborate with hardware, firmware, control, and ML teams to build digital twins and validate models in in-house simulation and on real robots,

Qualifications

• BS, MS, or Ph.D. in Robotics or related quantitative field.
• 7+ years robotics experience with dynamics and control of physical arms.
• Strong theory in rigid body mechanics, Jacobians, and screw/wrench formulations.
• Background in motion planning, control theory, and optimization.
• Proficiency with AI-assisted coding practices (Claude/Codex).

Skills

Robotics dynamics

Dynamics & control

Motion planning

Optimization

AI-assisted coding

Reinforcement learning

Sim-to-real

Bimanual manipulation

Education

BS/MS/PhD in Robotics or related field

Tools

Claude

Codex

Job description

Holiday Robotics Research Inc. in Mountain View, CA is seeking a Research Scientist/Engineer to lead dynamics and control research for dexterous manipulation on the Friday humanoid robot.

You will design, test, and deploy end-to-end control pipelines from perception to planning and control, bridging simulation and real-world experiments. You will collaborate with hardware, firmware, control, and ML teams to build digital twins and validate models in in-house simulation and on real robots,