Your New Role and Team
Sanctuary, a world leader in building AI-based control systems for humanoid robots, is looking to hire a skilled and motivated Robotics Controls Engineer. The Robotics Controls Engineer is a crucial part of our team, supporting development and improvement of our control software stack. You’ll contribute to the codebase that links our motion control stack to the real-time and embedded systems.
The best candidates for this role have excellent background in control theory for robotics, programming skills, hands-on experience implementing control algorithms on hardware, as well as writing interfaces for robotics systems.
Success Criteria
Write, document, deploy, and maintain software for robot motion control Understand the current control software stack and propose incremental improvementsDevelop intuitive APIs that balance the needs of different stakeholdersBring hands-on experience of software and hardware debugging of complex robotics systemsGain experience designing control systems that support different input sources (e.g., teleoperation, learned policies, motion planners)Effectively evaluates the impact of different solution methods on system performance, particularly with respect to timing and resource constraints
Your Experience
Qualifications
MS or Ph.D. in robotics or a related field (Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, etc.) or equivalent industry experienceDemonstrated experience writing software for robot control on hardware
Skills
Controls experience working with rigid multi-body robotic systemsSoftware development skills; able to write efficient, scalable, and maintainable code in C++ and Python for robot controlExperience with at least one kinematics and dynamics library for robotics (e.g., Pinocchio, Drake, Mujoco, etc.)Strong understanding of ROS2Experience working on complex software stacks as part of a teamFamiliarity with documentation and project management tools such as Confluence and Jira is an assetKnowledge of ros2_control is an assetExperience in trajectory optimization, planning and optimal control is an assetExperience using real time solvers for a range of convex and non-convex problems (specific interest in QPs, SQPs, MIPs, and SDPs) is an assetExperience with off-the-shelf robotic hardware is an assetExperience in reinforcement learning for control is an asset
Traits
Above all else, a consistently positive attitude and a willingness to do whatever it takes to create robust solutions to mission objectives.Successful candidates will be a proponent of personal responsibility for themselves and their teammates.Empathetic listener with conflict resolution capabilities.Consistent bias for action, communication, and interpersonal savvy.Self-motivated and able to solve problems independently.Mission driven and passionate about bringing human-like intelligence to machines.
