Robotic Controls Engineer
Nirvana Robotics · Robotics
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Salary Range (USD)
$270k - $300k
Location
New York, USA
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Not mentioned
Funding Stage
Unknown
Job Responsibilities
- • Develop low‑level control for multi‑DOF robotic arms including joint‑level actuation, impedance/admittance and whole‑body control
- • Implement sim‑to‑real pipelines
- • Design controllers using PID, LQR and state‑space methods
- • Utilize MoveIt or cuRobo frameworks
- • Write software in C++ and Python
- • Integrate with ROS 2
Required Skills
Low‑level control for robotic armsJoint‑level actuationImpedance/admittance controlWhole‑body controlSim‑to‑real integrationPID/LQR/state‑space control designMoveIt or cuRoboC++ programmingPython programmingROS 2BS with 4+ years experience or MS with 2+ years or PhD
Engineering Culture & Tech Stack
MoveItcuRoboC++PythonROS 2
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Nirvana Robotics | Mechanical Engineer, Electrical Engineer, Robotic Controls Engineer | New York, NY | ONSITE | Full-time | $220K-$300K
Nirvana Robotics builds humanoid robots with robotic arms that work in industrial environments. Their hardware team in NYC is growing, and each of these roles owns a subsystem end to end on physical robots. I'm a recruiter at Niuro, Nirvana's hiring partner for these roles; the links below go to our application form and I read every application myself.
Mechanical Engineer ($230K-$260K): mechanical design of robotic arms and manipulators: joints, actuators, transmissions, end effectors. You optimize for torque density, backdrivability and stiffness, prototype with additive and precision machining, and take assemblies to production. GD&T, tolerance stack-ups, SolidWorks (or Creo/NX/Onshape).
Apply: https://app.niuro.io/source/H4yYHesP?ref=ps_EBRp88zU7jcdRZm8...
Electrical Engineer ($220K-$250K): electrical architecture for arms and humanoids: power distribution, motor-driver boards, sensor PCBs, harnessing. Multilayer mixed-signal and high-current layout in Altium, BLDC drivers and current sensing, bench bring-up and DFM with PCBA partners. EtherCAT, CAN or BMS is a plus.
Apply: https://app.niuro.io/source/BeVx3CrN?ref=ps_5biniQ0FTotNxfmT...
Robotic Controls Engineer ($270K-$300K): low-level control for multi-DOF arms: joint-level actuation, impedance/admittance and whole-body control, sim-to-real. PID/LQR/state-space, MoveIt or cuRobo, C++ and Python, ROS 2.
Apply: https://app.niuro.io/source/gUNqx8Lj?ref=ps_BdIAhZPrP7yQt2P4...
For all three: hands-on work on real robot hardware (arms, grippers, mobile manipulators, actuated joints or humanoids). Mechanical and Electrical: 5+ years with a bachelor's or 3+ with a master's. Controls: roughly BS + 4 years, MS + 2 or a PhD. US-based; relocation to NYC within the US is supported. Visa sponsorship is not available.
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