Staff Robot Controls Integration Engineer

About the role

Rhoda AI is developing generalist intelligent robots and needs a senior engineer to bridge control algorithms with real‑world hardware. You will integrate motor control stacks, real‑time communication protocols, and sensing systems into a reliable platform for field deployment.

Key responsibilities

• Integrate control strategies from MATLAB/Simulink into real‑time firmware on microcontrollers and Linux systems, validating behavior through dynamic testing.
• Bring up and commission communication buses such as CAN, CAN FD, and EtherCAT, performing encoder linearization, sensor calibration, and sub‑millisecond latency verification.
• Characterize motors and actuators, working with firmware teams on cogging torque compensation, field‑oriented control tuning, and dynamic testing (Bode analysis, step response).
• Design and operate hardware‑in‑the‑loop test benches to simulate robot dynamics, inject faults, and automate stability testing.
• Profile real‑time performance across firmware interrupt handlers, communication pipelines, and control loops, closing timing violations.
• Troubleshoot field issues, isolate root causes across control laws, firmware, communication delays, or hardware, and implement durable fixes.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Mechanical, or a closely related engineering discipline.
• 8+ years of hands‑on experience with motor control, real‑time systems, or communication protocol integration.
• Proven ability to validate and tune control loops on real hardware and to work across firmware and hardware teams.

Required skills

• MATLAB/Simulink modeling and parameter identification.
• Real‑time Linux, microcontroller programming, RTOS.
• CAN, CAN FD, EtherCAT, CANoe, Vector tooling.
• Encoder, IMU, force/torque sensor integration and calibration.
• Python or C++ for test automation and data processing.
• Control theory fundamentals: Laplace transforms, Bode plots, stability analysis.