# Intern - Controls Engineer

Human Computer Lab is a research lab building character robots that feel alive and responsive. Our first robot, LeLamp, explores a new category of consumer robotics where everyday objects become interactive and help us reshape our attachment to technology. Our goal is to push the frontier of human-robot interaction by making technology more legible, emotionally intuitive, and human-centered. We are building the foundation for a new generation of robots designed for everyday environments. What to expect We’re looking for a controls/mechatronics engineer who wants to own the systems that make LeLamp move, respond, and feel alive. You’ll work at the intersection of hardware and software, designing and tuning control systems, integrating actuators and sensors, and debugging real hardware at the bench to translate intent into expressive motion. This is a high-ownership role working closely with the CEO and founding team across the full mechatronic stack, from low-level motor control and sensor fusion through to the higher-level behaviors that make the robot feel responsive and intentional in the real world. In this role, you will: Design and tune control systems for actuated subsystems

- **Id**: 732891
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/humancomputerlab-intern-controls-engineer>
- **Role**: Robotics
- **Role family**: Robotics
- **Seniority**: intern
- **Employment type**: internship
- **Work mode**: hybrid
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: San Francisco, United States, Toronto, Canada
- **Countries**: US, CA
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-05-05T18:52:40Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-05-05
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-13T10:31:40Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 191
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 4435
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Research Institutes

## Company

- **Id**: 678818
- **Name**: Human Computer Lab
- **Domain**: humancomputerlab.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/humancomputerlab>
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Ashby

### Truth index

- **Grade**: C
- **Score**: 57
- **Open postings**: 14
- **Ghost share**: 0.714
- **Stale share**: 0
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-12T10:38:37Z

## Technologies

- **C++** — Optional: no
- **Gazebo** — Optional: no
- **Isaac Sim** — Optional: no
- **MuJoCo** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no
- **ROS** — Optional: no
- **ROS2** — Optional: no
- **Sensor Fusion** — Optional: no
- **SolidWorks** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ghost
- **Repost count**: 0
- **Flags**: stale, company_stale
- **Days open**: 191

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Hiring locations

- **United States** — Iso: US; Kind: country
- **Canada** — Iso: CA; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-09-11T10:14:18Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 2
- **Band**: cold
- **Label**: Long shot
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.077
- **P room**: 0.28
- **Age days**: 190
- **Expected fill days**: 27
- **Reasons**: conf:1, stale_co, ghost, win:tail, crowd:junior
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-12T10:38:37Z

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