Dexmate
Senior Robotics control engineer
Santa Clara Office · Senior
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 508 days ago
PythonC++AlgorithmsRoboticsMechanical DesignSensorsControls
About the role
- Today, robotics is fragmented, slow, and closed: most builders are forced to reinvent the same stack again and again, and most ideas never make it past the prototype stage.
Responsibilities
- Design, implement, and deploy state estimation and sensor fusion algorithms for real-time general-purpose robot control - EKFs, UKFs, particle filters, factor graphs - fusing IMUs, encoders, force/torque sensors, and proprioceptive signals
- Develop and tune advanced control algorithms for dynamic robot motion: nonlinear control, model predictive control (MPC), optimal control, and whole-body control for legged and manipulating systems
- Iterate rapidly between simulation and hardware - design experiments, collect data, debug failure modes, and drive measurable performance improvements on physical robots
- Develop trajectory optimization and motion planning algorithms that respect actuator limits, contact constraints, and stability margins
- Define and maintain performance metrics and evaluation frameworks for control and estimation subsystems
- own the failure analysis loop
- 5+ years of professional experience developing control systems for dynamic robots, deployed on real hardware
- Define and maintain performance metrics and evaluation frameworks for control and estimation subsystems; own the failure analysis loop
- If you want to help shape the next layer of human capability - and believe the future of robotics should be built together, not in isolation - we'd love to build it with you.
Requirements
- Deep expertise in control theory: nonlinear control, MPC, LQR, optimal control, and whole-body control
- Hands-on experience with sensor integration and characterization: IMUs, encoders, force/torque sensors
- Proven track record implementing and validating control algorithms on physical robotic systems - not just simulation
Nice to have
- Experience with bipedal, quadruped, or humanoid robots - highly dynamic, underactuated, contact-rich systems
- Experience with whole-body control and contact dynamics: contact estimation, impact modeling, friction-cone constraints
- Familiarity with trajectory optimization frameworks and solvers: OSQP, IPOPT, Crocoddyl, or custom implementations
- Proficiency with simulation environments: MuJoCo, Drake, Isaac Sim, or equivalent
- Experience with real-time computing constraints: deterministic execution, latency budgets, and embedded deployment
- Track record of publications at top-tier venues (ICRA, IROS, CoRL, RSS, IJRR) is a strong plus
Skills
- Work directly with embedded, mechanical, and AI teams to integrate control algorithms across the full robot stack
Company info
- Dexmate is building the foundation for physical AI - a unified platform that combines high-quality robotic hardware with a universal Physical AI OS, making robots as easy to build and deploy as software.
- Our mission is to democratize robotics by lowering the barrier to entry, delivering a plug-and-play platform for developers, researchers, and enterprises, and cultivating an open ecosystem that accelerates the evolution of physical AI.
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