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Robot type
Robot AI and Software
Location
San FranciscoCaliforniaUSA
Job type
Software
Posted
Sep 8, 2026
Salary
$380,000–$460,000 a year
Full-time

Control Systems Software Engineer, Robotics

Job description

Our Robotics team is focused on unlocking general-purpose robotics and pushing towards AGI-level intelligence in dynamic, real-world settings. Working across the entire model stack, we integrate cutting-edge hardware and software to explore a broad range of robotic form factors. We strive to seamlessly blend high-level AI capabilities with the constraints of physical systems to improve peoples’ lives.

About the Role We’re looking for a Robotics Control Systems Engineer to take on a foundational role within our robotics team. You’ll help architect, implement, tune, and verify the control infrastructure that enables intelligent, reliable, and responsive robot behavior.

Job responsibilities

  • Design and implement real-time control algorithms for robotic systems, including motion control, feedback loops, state estimation, actuator control, and subsystem tuning.
  • Define the control architecture from low-level actuators and hardware interfaces through whole-robot behavior and policy.
  • Identify and characterize actuator, hardware, and software parameters through rigorous experimentation, testing, commissioning, and verification.
  • Work with machine learning engineers to implement reinforcement learning models.
  • Collaborate across mechanical, electrical, and software teams to integrate control logic with sensing and actuation hardware.
  • Help inform the mechanical and electrical design to maximize capability and flexibility.
  • Create the control system architecture; determine the correct level of abstraction from actuators all the way up to whole-robot policy.
  • Have a strong robotics background, including manipulators, mobile robots, or other complex physical systems.
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