Senior Real-Time Robotics Controls Engineer – Onsite SF

Deftai; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Daily meals stipend

Job summary

Deftai in San Francisco is seeking a Senior Controls Engineer to work on low-level control and motion systems for production-ready robots. You will ship code on real hardware, debug edge cases on the factory floor, and directly impact robot performance.

You'll design real-time supervisory control, improve IK solvers, develop sensor fusion for precise localization, and integrate new actuators with safety limits. This is a hands-on, full-time onsite role with competitive compensation and benefits.

Qualifications

• Strong fundamentals in classical control theory with hands-on hardware experience.
• Proficiency in Python and C/C++ for real-time robotics.
• Hands-on experience with IK solvers and simulation tools.
• Experience with rigid-body kinematics and frame transforms.
• Experience with sensor fusion using IMU/encoders.

Responsibilities

• Design real-time supervisory control for mode transitions.
• Improve inverse kinematics solvers for multi-arm work.
• Develop sensor fusion for precise localization.
• Integrate actuators and safety limits for bimanual arms.

Skills

Control theory

Python

C/C++

Inverse IK

Kinematics

Sensor fusion

Tools

PyBullet

MuJoCo

Drake

ROS/ROS2

CAN bus

Job description

Deftai in San Francisco is seeking a Senior Controls Engineer to work on low-level control and motion systems for production-ready robots. You will ship code on real hardware, debug edge cases on the factory floor, and directly impact robot performance.

You'll design real-time supervisory control, improve IK solvers, develop sensor fusion for precise localization, and integrate new actuators with safety limits. This is a hands-on, full-time onsite role with competitive compensation and benefits.