Senior Robotics Control Engineer — Real-Time Torque & Planning

Foundry Robotics; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Foundry Robotics is seeking a Senior Robotics Control Engineer to design and develop real-time control systems for advanced robotic manipulators, focusing on torque control, motion planning, and state estimation.

You will implement optimization-based controllers, fuse sensor data from encoders, torque sensors, and IMUs, and work with Autonomy, Hardware, and Testing teams from simulation through hardware validation. San Francisco-based, full-time.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience implementing optimization-based multi-DOF control on real robotic systems.
• Experience with state estimation methods (EKFs, Particle Filters, Factor Graphs).
• Experience with sensors and sensor fusion (encoders, torque sensors, IMUs).
• Strong knowledge of spatial kinematics and dynamics.
• Proficient in C++ and Python.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop real-time C++ control for robotic arms focusing on torque control and low impedance.
• Build model-based planning components: trajectory optimization and inverse dynamics.
• Develop real-time state estimation by fusing sensor data.
• Own controller performance from simulation to hardware bring-up and testing.
• Integrate controllers with Autonomy, Hardware, and Testing teams at Foundry.

Skills

Optimization-based multi-DOF control

State estimation for real-time robots

Sensor fusion

C++ proficiency

Python proficiency

Tools

Pinocchio

Drake

MuJoCo

ROS 2

Real-time Linux

Job description

Foundry Robotics is seeking a Senior Robotics Control Engineer to design and develop real-time control systems for advanced robotic manipulators, focusing on torque control, motion planning, and state estimation.

You will implement optimization-based controllers, fuse sensor data from encoders, torque sensors, and IMUs, and work with Autonomy, Hardware, and Testing teams from simulation through hardware validation. San Francisco-based, full-time.