Staff Software Engineer, Controls (Bay Area / Paris)

WHAT YOU'LL DO - Design, implement, and optimize the embedded control stack for general-purpose robots - Design motion planning and trajectory optimization algorithms for dynamic locomotion and manipulation - Build real-time state estimation pipelines for pose, contact, and force sensing, fusing heterogeneous sensor data under noise and uncertainty - Formulate and solve optimal control problems (nonlinear MPC, convex optimization, trajectory optimization) for high-performance and stable behavior - Build modular and robust software frameworks enabling rapid iteration between simulation and hardware - Lead debugging, tuning, and validation of controllers directly on physical robots WHAT YOU'LL BRING - Passion for your craft and demonstrated excellence in control systems engineering - Extensi