Aureliussystems

Sr. Robotics Software Engineer, Controls

San Francisco · Senior

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 21 days ago

PythonC++MATLABRoboticsMechanical DesignAerospace EngineeringElectrical EngineeringSensorsSimulinkLeadership

About the role

The critical gap we're hiring for is a hands-on robotics controls engineer who can iterate fast on real hardware.
Someone who can take a model, get it on the hardware, characterize what's actually happening, and tighten the loop.
You think in Bode plots and step responses.

Responsibilities

Aurelius Systems is a VC backed defense tech startup building autonomous, edge deployed directed energy systems for counter-UAS.
We build laser weapons to shoot down drones.
In addition to our San Francisco lab, we've opened a Detroit manufacturing hub and we field test weekly on our own 400-acre private range.

Requirements

4+ years of experience in robotics
Strong knowledge of fundamentals: classical controls, state space, LQR, MPC
Proven simulation experience and a track record of managing the sim-to-real gap on actual hardware
Direct experience with motion control hardware - servo drives, brushless motors, encoders, IMUs
Gimbal, beam director, or precision pointing system experience
If you have that story, we want to talk regardless of what your resume says.

Compensation

Actuator tuning, gain scheduling, and compensation for nonlinearities (backlash, friction, saturation)

Benefits

Competitive salary + equity
United Health Care medical, dental, and vision coverage
Flexible 18 days PTO + 5 sick days
E-bike / scooter stipend (up to $500)

Company info

Aurelius Systems is a VC backed defense tech startup building autonomous, edge deployed directed energy systems for counter-UAS. We build laser weapons to shoot down drones.
We're a small team of engineers, former US military operators, and subject matter experts scaling America's directed energy dominance. The first cost effective, reliable and robust laser weapon system.
Our namesake isn't an accident. Marcus Aurelius wrote about doing the work in front of you, every day, without excuses. Henry Ford didn't wait for permission to reinvent manufacturing.
That's how we operate - small team, unreasonable output, no hiding behind the unachievable.
We're a small team of engineers, former US military operators, and subject matter experts scaling America's directed energy dominance.
The first cost effective, reliable and robust laser weapon system.
Our namesake isn't an accident.
Marcus Aurelius wrote about doing the work in front of you, every day, without excuses.
Henry Ford didn't wait for permission to reinvent manufacturing.
The Role & Your Impact:
You'll own the precision motion stack, full stop.
This is a senior IC role on the controls side.
You'll own the architecture and tuning of the precision pointing and tracking control loops, the state estimation behind them, and the closed loop integration with the tracker.
What You'll Own:
Architecture and tuning of the precision pointing and tracking control loops
Closed loop tracking from sensor input through actuator command at hundreds of Hz
State estimation across IMU, encoder, and vision based feedback (Kalman filters, complementary filters, sensor fusion)
System identification and modeling of the gimbal, mount, and actuator dynamics
Actuator tuning, gain scheduling, and compensation for nonlinearities (backlash, friction, saturation)
Resonance characterization, notch filtering, and structural compensation
Simulation infrastructure for controls development
Hardware-in-the-loop test infrastructure for controls validation
Field characterization of the system against real targets at the range
Author controls documentation and tuning standards

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