Controls Engineer
Human Computer Lab, San Francisco +1
What you will do
- Design and tune control systems for actuated subsystems including motion control, feedback, and dynamic response.
- Integrate actuators, sensors, encoders, and embedded electronics into reliable mechatronic assemblies.
- Develop control algorithms in C++ and/or Python from simulation through deployment on hardware.
- Build and maintain URDF models and simulation environments aligned with the physical platform.
- Diagnose real-world control issues such as instability, backlash, latency, drift, and sensor noise.
- Collaborate with animators, mechanical and electrical engineers on actuator selection, structure, sensing strategy and motion fine-tuning
- Develop motion primitives and expressive behaviors that shape how the robot moves.
- Maintain documentation of control architecture and tuning decisions as the system evolves.
What you need
- Have a Masters/PhD (or equivalent experience) in robotics, mechatronics, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, or a related field.