Senior Robotics Control Engineer

The role

The Senior Robotics Control Engineer will design and develop real-time control systems for advanced robotic manipulators. This includes building optimization-based control algorithms and integrating sensor fusion to enable precise manipulation.

What you will do

• Design and develop real-time C++ code control of robotic arms, with emphasis on torque control and low impedance.
• Build model-based planning and control components: trajectory optimization, inverse dynamics, and whole-arm motion control.
• Develop state estimation for real-time manipulation, fusing encoders, torque sensors, force-torque sensing, and IMUs.
• Own controller performance end-to-end: simulation validation, hardware bring-up, tuning, and regression testing.
• Design scalable solutions that integrate with Autonomy, Hardware, and Testing systems at Foundry.

Required qualifications

• 5+ years of experience implementing optimization-based multi-DOF control algorithms (inverse dynamics, trajectory optimization) on real robotic systems
• Experience building state estimation solutions for real-time robotic systems such as (E)KFs, Particle Filters, Factor Graphs, etc.
• Experience with various sensors (encoders, torque sensors, force-torque sensors, IMUs) and sensor fusion
• Deep understanding of spatial kinematics, dynamics, and related mathematical concepts
• A proven track record iterating on complex multi-DOF systems, with emphasis on torque control and low impedance
• Fluency in modern C++ and Python

Nice to have

• MPC / receding-horizon control on real systems
• Contact-rich manipulation, grasping, or force-controlled assembly
• Rigid-body dynamics libraries (Pinocchio, Drake, MuJoCo) and optimization solvers
• ROS 2 and real-time Linux
• Experience with Machine Learning as it relates to control or state estimation (learned dynamics models, residual policies, imitation learning)

Benefits

• Base salary
• Equity
• Comprehensive health, dental and vision coverage
• Generous PTO

About the company

Foundry Robotics is building an AI-native robotics manufacturing company focused on deploying advanced assembly and production capability for leading robotics companies and national-security-critical hardware.