Actuator Controls Engineer - Hands at Figure

Figure is an AI Robotics company developing a general purpose humanoid. Our Humanoid is designed for corporate tasks targeting labor shortages and jobs that are undesirable or unsafe. We are based in Sunnyvale, CA and require 5 days/week in-office collaboration. 

We are looking for an Actuator Controls Engineer to support hand calibration, diagnostics, and low-level control routines.

Responsibilities: 

• Improve calibration, bring-up, and testing of our custom hands
• Implement diagnostics for detecting hand failures during bring-up and on-robot operation
• Contribute to hand feedback control development, characterization, modeling, and validation

Requirements: 

• Experience developing robust embedded C++ and Python code
• Exposure to bring-up and control of robotic actuators
• Passionate about delivering a rock-solid hand control system
• Eager to push beyond conventional limits of system bring-up pace
• Bachelor’s degree in science or engineering

Bonus Qualifications: 

• Experience shipping software for real products
• Familiarity with robotic manipulators
• Interest in attending field tests
• Master’s degree in Controls