Senior Robotics Dynamics, Planning & Control Scientist

Holiday Robotics; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Holiday Robotics Research Inc. in Mountain View, CA is seeking a Senior Research Scientist / Engineer to lead dynamics, planning, and control for FRIDAY, the mobile humanoid robot.

You will design and deploy real-time planning and control architectures for whole-body manipulation and safe navigation in dynamic environments. You will collaborate with hardware, perception, robot learning, and simulation teams to validate digital twins, perform system identification, and close the sim-to-real gap

Qualifications

• Experience leading robotics research projects.
• Strong collaboration with hardware perception teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead dynamics, planning, and control for the FRIDAY robot.
• Design real-time planning and control architectures for safe navigation in dynamic environments.
• Collaborate with hardware, perception, robot learning and simulation teams to validate digital twins and perform system identification.
• Help close the sim-to-real gap across platforms and testbeds.

Skills

Dynamics & control

Real-time planning

Robot navigation

System identification

Job description

Holiday Robotics Research Inc. in Mountain View, CA is seeking a Senior Research Scientist / Engineer to lead dynamics, planning, and control for FRIDAY, the mobile humanoid robot.

You will design and deploy real-time planning and control architectures for whole-body manipulation and safe navigation in dynamic environments. You will collaborate with hardware, perception, robot learning, and simulation teams to validate digital twins, perform system identification, and close the sim-to-real gap