Raydar
Senior Robotics Controls Engineer
$170K–$220K
San Francisco, California · Senior · Full-time · Posted Sep 19, 2026
- Experience
- 3 to 10 years of relevant robotics controls experience.
- Education
- A degree in robotics, mechanical, aerospace, or electrical engineering.
- Visa sponsorship
- Visa transfers and new visa sponsorship are available.
About the job
Develop production control and localization systems for heavy autonomous vehicles in challenging industrial environments.
What you'll do
- Design and tune MPC and PID algorithms; develop localization and state-estimation pipelines.
- Analyze field tests and logs, and integrate controls with perception, planning, and hardware.
- Travel to customer sites for deployment, testing, and tuning.
What they ask for
- Production deployment experience with localization, navigation, or lateral and longitudinal control on real autonomous vehicles.
- Hands-on ROS, Linux, and model predictive control experience.
- Strong Python and C++ programming, with Kalman filtering and sensor-fusion knowledge.
- A degree in robotics, mechanical, aerospace, or electrical engineering.
Nice to have
- Experience in autonomous mining or heavy vehicles.
- A master's degree or PhD in a controls-related discipline.
Pay
USD 170,000 to 220,000 per year (base salary)
Tools
MPC, PID, GPS/RTK, IMUs, ROS, Linux, Python, C++
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