Senior Software Engineer – Controls Infrastructure

Apptronik is building robots for the real world to improve human quality of life and to help solve the ever-increasing labor shortage problem. Our team has been building some of the most advanced robots on the planet for years, dating back to the DARPA Robotics Challenge. We apply our expertise across the full robotics stack to some of the most important and impactful problems our society faces, and expect our products and technology to change the world for the better. We value passion, creativity, and collaboration to help us overcome existing technological barriers in the industry to create truly innovative products.

You will join a team developing state-of-the-art general-purpose robots designed to operate in human spaces and with human tools. It is designed to work alongside humans, mobilize to human spaces, and manipulate the world around it.

This role is responsible for essential controls infrastructure software and processes that enable precise, high-performance control of Apptronik robots. They will ensure seamless integration between robot data and models such that the robot abstraction API used for planning and controls matches both simulation and hardware across a fleet of dynamic humanoid platforms. They will ensure that data is properly mapped from sensors to robot models to actuator commands during real-time operation. They will implement extensive unit, integration, and systems testing to validate this performance. Their expertise in software design, robotic hardware integration, and controls fundamentals will drive the innovation that brings our robots to life.

Key Responsibilities:

• Deliver production-grade real-time controls software infrastructure
• Integrate low-level firmware data with high-level controls logic
• Characterize and improve the quality of robot kinematics, estimation, and actuation
• Perform root-cause analysis on complex hardware-software-controls integration bugs
• Develop API for controls and autonomy systems to interact with robot hardware and simulation
• Implement rigorous unit and integration testing of controls infrastructure and hardware integration
• Maintain comprehensive and accurate architecture and design documentation
• Deliver reliable software through code reviews, continuous integration, and automated testing
• Represent and lead with Apptronik's core values: CHIPC - Curiosity, Humility, Integrity, Passion, Creativity

Required Skills:

• Strong modern C++ and Object-Oriented Programming skills
• Experience integrating and testing controls software with complex robotics hardware
• Familiarity with robotics fundamentals (kinematics, dynamics, controls, estimation, system identification)
• Experience with common robotics and controls packages (ROS, URDF, MuJoCo, Eigen)
• Multi-threaded and multi-process design/development/debugging skills
• Experience developing Linux applications
• Software testing methodologies (unit & integration testing)
• Git or similar version control systems
• Strong technical communication skills
• Familiarity with Agile process

Education and Experience:

• BS, MS or PhD degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Robotics, or related field
• 5 years of industry experience integrating robot hardware and software (or 2 years with a graduate degree)

Join Apptronik to work on cutting-edge robotics technology and make a significant impact in the field of humanoid robotics and automation.