Motion Controls Robotics Engineer

At Andromeda, we're building the social intelligence layer for humanoid robots - technology that allows robots to understand people, build relationships and become a meaningful part of everyday life.

Our first robot, Abi, is already doing this in aged care and healthcare, where she brings conversation, companionship and engagement to people every day.

Now we're scaling from early deployments into a platform that can operate across thousands of real-world environments. We're looking for individuals who want to tackle hard problems across robotics and AI, and help define what it means for robots to live and interact alongside people.

• Empathy – Kindness and compassion are at the heart of everything we do.
• Play – Play sharpens focus. It keeps us curious, fast and obsessed with the craft.
• Never Settle – A relentless ambition, bias toward action, and uncomfortable levels of curiosity.
• Tenacity – Tenacious under pressure, we assume chaos and stay in motion to adapt and progress.
• Unity – Different minds. Shared mission. No passengers.

We are looking for a Motion Controls Robotics Engineer to own and advance the motion-control capabilities that make Abi and her future iterations move smoothly, safely, and expressively.

You will work across the full motion stack: from high-level movement intent and trajectories through kinematics, dynamics, control loops, actuator interfaces, and real-time execution. Your work will define how the robot controls its actuators, including the wheelbase and upper- and lower-body systems, while preserving predictable behaviour, graceful fault handling, and a strong experience around people.

This is a hands‑on role at the boundary of robotics software, embedded systems, and electromechanical hardware. You will spend time writing production code, bringing up and debugging real robots, evaluating motors and actuators, and working with firmware, electrical, mechanical, autonomy, AI, and interaction teams.

A major part of the role will be helping translate the existing motion‑control capability onto new robot embodiments. This includes supporting the migration of time‑critical control from the Jetson onto microcontrollers and real‑time firmware, with robust coordination over interfaces such as Ethernet and CAN.

• Collaborate on and evolve the motion‑control architecture for next‑generation Abi robots, including the control and coordination of wheelbase, dynamic & expressive locomotion, arms, neck, torso, hands, and other actuated systems.
• Design, implement, tune, and validate control loops, trajectory generation, motion profiles, filtering, calibration, and actuator limits so that motion is smooth, responsive, accurate, and predictable.
• Translate high‑level movement and expressive‑behaviour intent into reliable, physically achievable trajectories and control commands.
• Develop robust interfaces between motion controls, embedded firmware, motor controllers, ROS/ROS2, autonomy, perception, and higher‑level behaviour systems.
• Help migrate latency‑sensitive and safety‑critical control functions from edge compute onto microcontrollers and real‑time operating systems, including the supporting communication and synchronisation mechanisms.
• Bring up, evaluate, and debug motors, actuators, sensors, and control electronics on physical robots; investigate issues across software, firmware, electrical, mechanical, and mechanical‑integration boundaries.
• Define and implement fault detection, limits, safe‑state behaviour, graceful degradation, recovery, and observability for the motion stack.
• Build simulation, hardware‑in‑the‑loop, replay, and automated regression tests that improve confidence before changes reach a physical robot or customer…