Motion Planning & Controls Engineer

Motion Planning & Controls Engineer

Santa Clara, CA

I’m currently working with a cutting-edge humanoid robotics company developing next-generation autonomous robots designed to operate in complex, real-world environments. We’re looking for an experienced Motion Planning & Controls Engineer to develop the planning and control software behind next-generation humanoid robots.

You'll work across the entire robot motion stack, developing algorithms that enable complex, coordinated movement across high-degree-of-freedom robotic systems, from locomotion and bimanual manipulation to full-body control.

What You'll Be Working On

• Develop whole-body motion planning and control algorithms, including search-based path planning, trajectory optimization and Model Predictive Control (MPC).
• Build and deploy learning-based control approaches, including reinforcement learning, imitation learning and sim-to-real transfer.
• Develop coordinated control strategies for locomotion, single-arm and bimanual manipulation, and whole-body loco-manipulation.
• Integrate motion planning and control with perception, state estimation, high-level ML policies and low-level joint and motor controls.
• Optimize motion quality, stability and performance through simulation, hardware testing and continuous algorithm development.

What We're Looking For

• MS or PhD in Robotics, Computer Science, Engineering or a related discipline.
• Strong background in whole-body motion planning, trajectory optimization, MPC and control of high-DOF robotic systems.
• Experience with robot kinematics, dynamics, task-space control and learning-based control approaches.
• Advanced C++ programming skills, strong software architecture knowledge and proficiency in Python.
• Experience with robotics frameworks and simulation tools such as NVIDIA Isaac, cuRobo, nvblox, MuJoCo, Drake, Pinocchio and ROS2.
• Understanding of how motion planning and control interface with perception, state estimation, ML policies and motor-level control.

Interested? Hit apply now or reach out to [email protected] directly with a copy of your resume.