Genesis AI - Staff Software Engineer, Controls

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  • San Carlos
    30+ days ago

    Job Description

    Staff Software Engineer, Controls

    Company

    Genesis is a global physical AI lab and full-stack robotics company. We build generalist robots to unlock unlimited physical labor, allowing humans to focus on creativity, curiosity, and what they love. We recently raised a $105M Seed round backed by Khosla Ventures and Eclipse, and we’re looking to expand our software and hardware teams rapidly. 


    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
    • Extensive experience in designing, implementing, and deploying advanced control algorithms on real robotic system products (8+ years)
    • Deep expertise in dynamics, kinematics, optimal control, and state estimation
    • Strong command of hardware interfaces, sensors (IMUs, F/T sensors), and actuation technologies (motors, gearboxes, drivers)
    • Production-level mastery of C++ with a track record of building reliable, safety-critical software
    • Proven ability to bridge across hardware, software, and algorithms to deliver robust end-to-end systems
    • An open mind about the power of deep learning, reinforcement learning, and vision-language-action models as critical for general-purpose robotics
    • Bonus: Experience shipping humanoid robots or whole-body control systems
    • Bonus: Impactful published work in control theory, state estimation, or mathematical optimization
    • Bonus: Familiarity with parallel computation on GPUs to accelerate optimization

    Numbers & Facts

    LocationSan Carlos

    Skills

    • Algorithmsunmatched
    • Artificial Intelligence (AI)unmatched
    • C++ Programming Languageunmatched
    • Construction Safetyunmatched
    • Control Systemsunmatched
    • Debugging Skillsunmatched
    • Deep Learningunmatched
    • Embedded Systemsunmatched
    • GPU (Graphics Processing Unit)unmatched
    • Hardware Simulationunmatched
    • Mathematicsunmatched
    • Modeling Languagesunmatched
    • Optimization Algorithmunmatched
    • Parallel Computingunmatched
    • Problem Solving Skillsunmatched
    • Reinforcement Learningunmatched
    • Roboticsunmatched
    • Software Engineeringunmatched
    • Systems Engineeringunmatched

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