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That’s why we’ve set out on a mission to build the world’s most capable, commercially-scalable, and safe humanoid robots. We’re bringing that mission to life with HMND-01 - our rapidly developed humanoid platform being deployed in real industrial environments - and we’re growing the team to take it even further.\nAbout The Role\nWe are looking for a Senior Control Engineer to join our Controls Team in Vancouver, focusing on SW control development and integration of robotic actuators and sensors.\nYou will be responsible for designing, implementing, and validating joint- and actuator-level controllers that deliver high precision, responsiveness, and safety for complex robotic mechanisms.\nThe ideal candidate has a solid background in control theory, strong software engineering skills in C++, and comfort working across the full stack from real-time embedded control up through networking, kinematics/dynamics, and browser-based debugging tooling. You will work closely with other control and hardware engineers to model, tune, and optimize the behavior of real robots and their subsystems (i.e. limbs and end-effectors).\nWhat You’ll Do\nLow-Level Control Development\nTune and validate actuator - and joint-space control loops (PID, feedforward, impedance/admittance, observers, state feedback) for multi-DoF systems in ROS2.\n\nWork across EtherCAT/CAN and Linux networking (TCP/IP, DDS discovery, time sync) to ensure deterministic, safe real-time operation.\n\nImplement safety and fault-handling mechanisms for dynamic conditions.\n\nModeling, Kinematics & System Identification\nBuild and identify models of actuators, transmissions, and mechanisms - including parallel mechanisms like differential wrists/ankles - for control design and simulation.\n\nApply rigid body kinematics/dynamics and numerical IK/FK methods; work from URDF/Xacro and MJCF, interpreting mechanical drawings and geometry.\n\nSoftware & Systems Integration\nWrite real-time-safe, object-oriented C++ (lock-free structures, thread safety) for control and diagnostics.\n\nDesign and debug multi-layer control architectures.\n\nMaintain CMake build/dependency tooling and Python test harnesses; build lightweight browser-based tools (HTML/JS/WebSocket) for hardware debugging.\n\nSensor & Hardware Integration\nIntegrate and calibrate a range of sensors (F/T sensors, tactile sensors, IMUs, etc.) with real-time acquisition and processing across the control stack.\n\nHands-on hardware bring-up and debugging.\n\nCross-Disciplinary Collaboration\nClose the loop with mechanical/electronics engineers across sites on actuation requirements;\n\nSupport hardware bring-up, calibration, and performance testing.\n\nWhat We're Looking For\nM.S. or Ph.D. in Control Engineering, Robotics, Mechanical Engineering, or Electrical Engineering with 5+ years in robotic or mechatronic systems - equivalent practical experience counts.\n\nShipped real-time-safe, object-oriented C++ control software running on real hardware, in production or a serious research programme.\n\nTuned and validated controllers on physical actuators, including sensor calibration and bring-up - with a story about something that behaved nothing like the model and what you did about it.\n\nDebugged at the fieldbus and OS layer: EtherCAT (PDO/SDO, timing constraints) or CAN, on an RTOS or real-time Linux.\n\nStrong control theory foundation (linear/nonlinear control, stability, observers, state estimation, feedback/feedforward, filtering, frequency-domain analysis) applied to multi-DoF mechanisms via Jacobians, numerical IK/FK, and URDF/Xacro.\n\nPreferred Qualifications\nBLDC motor control (commutation, current control, torque optimization)\n\nros2_control internals (hardware interfaces, controllers, controller_manager, plugins, lifecycle nodes).\n\nParallel mechanisms specifically (differential wrist, parallel ankle), robotic hands, or other multi-DoF end-effectors.\n\nSystem identification toolchains and simulation environments (MATLAB/Simulink, MuJoCo, Gazebo); 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