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Controls Engineer
Dextrous Robotics
Posted on 10/20/2022
Location
Memphis, TN
Description
Dextrous controls engineers develop the high-level behaviors and low level control code that give our robots dexterity. We are hiring both junior- and senior-level controls engineers.
Major Duties & Responsibilities
Responsibilities will include:
- Designing high-level behaviors to manipulate various objects
- Working with Dextrous' perception team to servo our robots for precision manipulation
- Designing and implementing low-level algorithms for transforming behavior outputs into actuator (e.g., torque) commands
- Designing, testing, and supporting your software from simulation to prototypes to a scaled fleet
- Following software practices that produce maintainable code, including automated testing, continuous integration, and rigorous code review
Minimum Skills & Abilities
Who we’re looking for:
- You possess expert knowledge of robot kinematics, robot dynamics, numerical linear algebra, and optimization
- You are experienced at closing the loop between perception and control for the purpose of manipulation (or legged locomotion)
- You want to work for a company that is driven to rapidly field real robots
- You are passionate about addressing hard perception problems in complex, unstructured environments
- You are driven and motivated by high-impact engineering applications that have the potential to revolutionize society
Minimum Education & Experience
Necessary qualifications:
- You have a PhD, MS, or equivalent industry experience
- You are a talented software developer, ideally with experience in C++ and experience analyzing and debugging robotic control algorithms
- You have a strong track record in inventing and deploying innovative planning and control algorithms to robotic systems in real-world environments
- You have expertise in relevant technical areas like optimal control, adaptive control, reinforcement learning, state estimation, and system identification
- You are passionate about deploying a large fleet of robots that will operate around people in the real world
- You enjoy bridging the gap between the theoretical (desired actuator forces) and the actual (dealing with backlash, back EMF, cogging, reflected inertia)
