Senior Robotic Arm Controls Engineer

Niuro; New York, Northern (NY, KY); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Niuro in United States designs and deploys multi-DOF robotic arms on humanoid platforms for industrial settings. The role focuses on designing, implementing, and tuning low-level controllers close to hardware, translating trajectories into reliable joint actuation while bridging simulation and real-world execution.

You will work with kinematics, dynamics, motor drivers, and real-time control loops, tackling impedance/admittance and whole-body control challenges.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience developing controls and motion for robotic arms on real hardware.
• Experience with impedance/admittance or whole-body control is preferred.
• Experience with real-time control loops and motor drivers interfaces.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and tune low-level controllers for multi-DOF robotic arms.
• Build real-time control loops and interfaces to motor drivers (EtherCAT, CAN).
• Develop and integrate motion planning for manipulation.
• Work on forward/inverse kinematics, Jacobians, and rigid-body dynamics.
• Debug the gap between simulation and real-world execution.
• Collaborate with perception, learning, and mechanical teams to ensure safe, repeatable arm motion.

Skills

PID control

LQR

Impedance/admittance control

Whole-body control

Kinematics & dynamics

Real-time control experience

Education

BS, MS, or PhD in Robotics, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science, Aerospace Engineering, or a related field

Tools

EtherCAT

CAN Bus

Real-time control systems

Job description

Niuro in United States designs and deploys multi-DOF robotic arms on humanoid platforms for industrial settings. The role focuses on designing, implementing, and tuning low-level controllers close to hardware, translating trajectories into reliable joint actuation while bridging simulation and real-world execution.

You will work with kinematics, dynamics, motor drivers, and real-time control loops, tackling impedance/admittance and whole-body control challenges.