Human Computer Lab
Intern - Controls Engineer
San Francisco +1 · Hybrid · Internship · Posted May 5, 2026
- Location
- San Francisco
Toronto - Education
- Pursuing a bachelor's or master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics Engineering, or Software Engineering.
About the job
Design, integrate, and tune the hardware and software control systems that enable LeLamp to move and respond expressively.
What you'll do
- Design and tune control systems and integrate actuators, sensors, and embedded electronics.
- Develop control algorithms and URDF models, and deploy and debug them on physical hardware and in simulation.
- Collaborate across disciplines to develop motion behaviors and document control architecture and tuning decisions.
What they ask for
- Hands-on experience tuning control systems on real robotic hardware.
- Fluency in C++ and/or Python for robotics or embedded control work.
- Experience with ROS or ROS2 and real-time robotics software stacks.
- Pursuing a bachelor's or master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics Engineering, or Software Engineering.
Nice to have
- Experience with URDF models and simulators such as Gazebo, MuJoCo, or Isaac Sim.
- Experience with impedance, torque, or whole-body control on physical robots; sensor fusion, state estimation, or Kalman filtering; embedded controls; or expressive robot motion.
Tools
C++, Python, ROS, ROS2, SolidWorks, Onshape, Gazebo, MuJoCo
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