Senior Real-Time Robotics Controls Engineer

Generalist AI; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Generalist AI in Boston seeks a senior robotics software engineer to own the real-time control software for its robot platforms. You will collaborate with ML and hardware teams to translate high-level intents into safe, efficient actions across embodiments.

The role emphasizes production-grade Python and C++, robust kinematics, and middleware like ROS/ROS2. Candidates typically have 5+ years of experience and may hold a PhD.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of robotics software experience in research or production settings.
• Proven ability to design real-time control systems for multiple robot embodiments.
• Strong programming skills in Python and C++ with ROS/ROS2 experience.

Responsibilities

• Designing, implementing, and testing the entire real-time control system from the low-level firmware to the input spec for each embodiment we have.
• Ownership over a wide variety of robot embodiments from stock industrial co-bot arms to custom hardware.

Skills

Robotic controls

Rigid body kinematics

Python

C++

Kinematics/simulation libraries

ROS/ROS2/ZCM

Education

PhD

Job description

Generalist AI in Boston seeks a senior robotics software engineer to own the real-time control software for its robot platforms. You will collaborate with ML and hardware teams to translate high-level intents into safe, efficient actions across embodiments.

The role emphasizes production-grade Python and C++, robust kinematics, and middleware like ROS/ROS2. Candidates typically have 5+ years of experience and may hold a PhD.