Senior Robotics Controls Engineer: Precise Motion & Systems

Standard Bots; City of Glen Cove (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Standard Bots’ mission is to significantly lower the barrier to entry to real-world automation, bringing the power of bits to the world of atoms and unlocking productivity for entire new industries and users. We are seeking a seasoned controls engineer to own control quality across our robotic products through best-in-class engineering practices.

This onsite role is based at our Glen Cove, NY headquarters with a minimum of three days per week on site, collaborating with electrical, firmware, and

Qualifications

• 5+ years of proven experience modelling control systems, tuning control loops on real-world systems, and validating models through physical experiments on benchtop equipment.
• Experience validating models through benchtop experiments and real hardware.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills and ability to mentor engineers across teams.
• Cross-domain fluency across firmware, electrical, and mechanical systems to diagnose borders between them.

Responsibilities

• Own control performance across products: smooth motion, tracking accuracy, high-fidelity impedance control.
• Design and benchmark control loops, validate performance across CAN and EtherCAT.
• Model actuator plant chains and determine plant tolerance bands for production.
• Implement safety-rated monitoring and stop functions to certification rigor.
• Debug system-level issues spanning software, firmware, electrical, and hardware.
• Build diagnostic tooling for tuning, hardware characterization, and fault injection.
• Mentor engineers and advise leadership on technical strategy.

Skills

Controls depth

Cross-domain fluency

Real-world loop tuning

Clarity of communication

Impact driven

Proactive simplicity

Tools

CAN

EtherCAT

STM32

Job description

Standard Bots’ mission is to significantly lower the barrier to entry to real-world automation, bringing the power of bits to the world of atoms and unlocking productivity for entire new industries and users. We are seeking a seasoned controls engineer to own control quality across our robotic products through best-in-class engineering practices.

This onsite role is based at our Glen Cove, NY headquarters with a minimum of three days per week on site, collaborating with electrical, firmware, and