Senior Low-level Control Engineer - End-Effectors
HumanoidHumanoid Robotics company
London, United KingdomSenior
Prime Movers Lab
Schaeffler
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Fubon Financial Holding Venture Capital
Aglaé Ventures
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About the role
TL;DR
Develops low-level control systems for humanoid robot end-effectors, focusing on actuators, transmissions, and grasp behaviors.
- •Humanoid is building the world's most capable, commercially-scalable, and safe humanoid robots.
- •We are looking for a Senior Low-level Control Engineer to join our Control Team in London, focusing on control development and integration for our end-effectors.
- •Key Responsibilities Design, implement, and validate actuator
- •and joint-level controllers and grasp-level behaviours.
- •Build and identify models of actuators, transmissions, and mechanisms, including compliance, friction, and backlash effects.
- •Integrate and calibrate end-effector sensing with real-time acquisition across the control stack.
- •Collaborate closely with mechanical and hardware engineers to shape actuation and transmission choices.
- •Requirements Shipped real-time-safe, object-oriented C++ control software running on real hardware.
- •Tuned and validated controllers on physical actuators, including sensor calibration and bring-up.
- •Modeled, identified, and controlled through real mechanical transmissions.
- •Worked on end-effectors or comparable multi-DoF mechanisms.
- •Debugged at the fieldbus and OS layer (e.g., EtherCAT or CAN, on an RTOS or real-time Linux).
Required skills
C++Linux
Domain expertise
ai
Benefits & perks
Competitive equity, 30+ paid days off, Private healthcare, Pension scheme, Free daily breakfast, Catered lunch, Snacks in-office
Tech stack
C++Linux