Robotics Controls Engineer
Listed on 2025-12-20
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Engineering
Robotics, Systems Engineer
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Company Description
Backed by leading climate and American dynamism investors, Terranova builds intelligent robotic systems to terraform the Earth itself—lifting land, restoring wetlands, and protecting critical infrastructure from floods and sea‑level rise. Our mission is to preserve the built environment, create new habitats, and usher in an era of abundance. We’re assembling a world‑class team that wants to work on something real, physical, and civilization‑scale.
To Expect
We’re seeking a robot controls and machine learning specialist to develop algorithms that give our robotic systems adaptive, intelligent behavior. You’ll design and tune controllers, build dynamic models, and integrate them with perception and sensor data. This is a chance to bridge classical control with modern machine learning to shape how machines move through the Earth.
Key Responsibilities- Develop and tune controllers (PID, MPC, optimal/robust control) for dynamic, nonlinear systems.
- Build and validate physical models for simulation, hardware‑in‑the‑loop testing, and autonomy.
- Train and deploy ML models for perception, planning, or adaptive control (supervised or RL).
- Integrate algorithms with firmware and cloud teams, ensuring real‑time safety and stability.
- Profile, optimize, and verify performance under latency, jitter, and compute constraints.
- Comfortable with the pace and intensity of early‑stage startup life, including long days, 6‑day workweeks, and extended field hours.
- Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science or related field.
- U.S. permanent residency required.
- Python/C++ with PyTorch/JAX
- MPC/OSQP/CasADi
- EKF/UKF/factor graphs
- System , RL (PPO/SAC) with safety shields
- ROS2, ONNX/TensorRT
- Latency and jitter profiling
- PCB and embedded systems design skills are a huge bonus.
- Seniority level
Entry level - Employment type
Full‑time - Job function
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