# Exoskeleton Controls Engineer

ABOUT US: Skip is on a mission to make life joyful through powered movement. Movement is a powerful way to build physical, mental and social health. Yet it is elusive for 2 billion people due to age, injury, or disability. We are building products that will restore mobility for millions and enable a new frontier of joyful movement experiences. We want to build a future where a grandparent can easily outrun their grandkids and no one is left behind at the trailhead. Skip is a 28-person early-stage start-up that spun out of Google X in 2023. With deep cross-disciplinary expertise and key partnerships (e.g. with Arc'teryx) we are uniquely positioned to launch the first commercially successful wearable robotic device, the MO/GO, develop a platform to launch future Movewear products and transform millions of lives in the coming years. We are seeking a highly motivated and adaptable individual who will explore the peaks and valleys of all problems that may come up while building a new generation of wearable robots for everyday life. THE ROLE: We are looking for a controls engineer who would primarily be responsible for the design, development, testing and validation of the high-level con

- **Id**: 3842637
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/skip-exoskeleton-controls-engineer>
- **Role**: Robotics
- **Role family**: Robotics
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: hybrid
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: San Francisco, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-05T23:28:23Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-05
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-07T02:18:40Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 1
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 5185
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Exoskeletons & Wearable Robotics, Military Robotics

## Company

- **Id**: 695243
- **Name**: Skip
- **Domain**: skipwithjoy.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/skipwithjoy>
- **Size band**: 51-200
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Ashby

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 91
- **Open postings**: 6
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.167
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 184
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-06T05:58:05Z

## Technologies

- **C++** — Optional: no
- **Human-in-the-Loop** — Optional: no
- **MATLAB** — Optional: no
- **MuJoCo** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no
- **Sensor Fusion** — Optional: no
- **Simulink** — Optional: no
- **Reinforcement Learning** — Optional: yes
- **Reinforcement Learning** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 1

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Hiring locations

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

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-05T23:33:13Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 0
- **Expected fill days**: 184
- **Reasons**: conf:1, win:early
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-06T05:58:05Z

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