# Senior / Staff Robotics Engineer, Manipulation

Why RoboForce RoboForce is an AI robotics company developing Physical AI-powered Robo-Labor for dull, dirty, and dangerous work. The company’s robots are engineered for demanding industrial environments, with a focus on real-world deployment and scalability. We are seeking Senior / Staff Robotics Engineer, Manipulation to own the arm autonomy stack. You will architect the algorithms that allow our robot to reach, grasp, and manipulate objects safely and intelligently. You will bridge the gap between high-level planning and low-level control, ensuring our robot can interact with the world with both precision and compliance. Responsibilities Advanced Motion Planning & Trajectory Generation: You will architect the algorithms that drive high-DOF arm motion in dynamic environments. This involves implementing constrained motion planners that generate smooth, jerk-limited trajectories in real-time. You will also solve the "Whole Body" control problem, coordinating the mobile base and the manipulator arm simultaneously to extend the robot's workspace and maintain stability during heavy lifting tasks. Interaction Control & Compliance: You will develop the low-level control strategies that

- **Id**: 833446
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/roboforce-senior-staff-robotics-engineer-manipulation>
- **Role**: Robotics
- **Role family**: Robotics
- **Seniority**: staff
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Milpitas, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 4
- **Visa sponsorship**: yes
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: yes
- **Status**: closed
- **First seen at**: 2026-01-20T04:36:50Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-08-07
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-10T07:07:59Z
- **Board verified**: no
- **Closed at**: 2026-11-10T07:07:59Z
- **Days open**: 294
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 3838
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Equity, Stock options, Vision insurance
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Robotics AI, Industrial Robotics

## Company

- **Id**: 686554
- **Name**: RoboForce
- **Domain**: roboforce.ai
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/roboforce>
- **Size band**: 51-200
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Greenhouse

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 84
- **Open postings**: 17
- **Ghost share**: 0.176
- **Stale share**: 0
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 112
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-10T06:52:35Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 160000
- **Max**: 265000
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 265000

## Technologies

- **C++** — Optional: no
- **Eigen** — Optional: no
- **EtherCAT** — Optional: no
- **Gazebo** — Optional: no
- **Isaac Sim** — Optional: no
- **Model Predictive Control** — Optional: no
- **Motion Planning** — Optional: no
- **MoveIt** — Optional: no
- **MuJoCo** — Optional: no
- **OMPL** — Optional: no
- **Physical AI** — Optional: no
- **Pinocchio** — Optional: no
- **Reinforcement Learning** — Optional: no
- **Reinforcement Learning** — Optional: no
- **Teleoperation** — Optional: no
- **ROS** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Repost count**: 0
- **Flags**: company_stale
- **Days open**: 294

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 4
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: phd
- **Optional**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-09-12T17:41:26Z
- Event: close; At: 2026-11-10T07:07:59Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 12; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: H-1B filings in 12 months: 18 · green card filings: 3; Filings 12m: 18

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 265000
- **Is top pay**: no

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