Staff Robotics Control Systems Engineer

openreqstaffing; San Carlos (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Genesis is seeking a Staff Software Engineer, Controls to design, implement, and optimize the embedded control stack for general-purpose robots. You will work on motion planning, trajectory optimization, and real-time state estimation pipelines across sensing data to achieve high-performance and stable robot behavior.

You will develop robust software frameworks, validate controllers on real hardware, and collaborate across hardware, software, and algorithms to deliver end-to-end robotic systems.

Qualifications

• Extensive control systems engineering experience (8+ years)
• Production-level mastery of C++ in safety-critical software
• Experience designing and deploying advanced control algorithms on robotic systems

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and optimize the embedded control stack for general-purpose robots
• Design motion planning and trajectory optimization algorithms for dynamic locomotion and manipulation
• Build real-time state estimation pipelines for pose, contact, and force sensing
• Formulate and solve optimal control problems for high-performance, stable robot behavior
• Build modular software frameworks enabling rapid iteration between simulation and hardware
• Lead debugging, tuning, and validation of controllers on physical robots

Skills

Control systems

C++

Robotics

State estimation

Optimal control

Motion planning

Sensors integration

Tools

ROS

Embedded systems

Job description

Genesis is seeking a Staff Software Engineer, Controls to design, implement, and optimize the embedded control stack for general-purpose robots. You will work on motion planning, trajectory optimization, and real-time state estimation pipelines across sensing data to achieve high-performance and stable robot behavior.

You will develop robust software frameworks, validate controllers on real hardware, and collaborate across hardware, software, and algorithms to deliver end-to-end robotic systems.