Gait Control Engineer
Company: Shift Robotics
Location: Austin
Posted on: March 20, 2023
Job Description:
We're making the world a more walkable place. Through intuitive
personal mobility, we make walking faster, more efficient, and more
accessible to empower people to choose walking over sitting in
traffic. By giving people the ability to Moonwalk, we believe the
path forward to a better future is easily reached on your own two
feet.
Help us advance the world's fastest shoes by designing,
prototyping, and testing reliable and innovative hardware. We want
an engineer ready to push the boundaries and one who makes the
impossible a reality. We are looking for a work ethic similar to an
engineer in Formula One. You must deliver and iterate quickly. We
are not here for mediocrity, we are here to create elegant
engineering designs. Is it demanding? Sure, but it is also
rewarding and fun. While we embark on developing the next
generation of Moonwalkers, we need to add to the Gait Control team,
where we are looking for a person with real-world experience in
developing a bipedal locomotion controller and an eye for detail.
You will work with our mechanical team on the sensor and actuator
packaging, the electronics team to balance performance and cost,
and our software team to run your controller in the most efficient
and reliable fashion. We are covered in Wired, CNET, Gizomodo,
PCMag and many other tech press. Responsibilities:
- The Gait Control Engineer is a critical position and will be
responsible for leading the development of the gait control
algorithm by applying machine learning, sensor fusion and bipedal
locomotion control.
- You will prototype novel algorithms in simulation and evaluate
them on the actual prototype.
- You will develop control strategies for various poses and gait,
implement and evaluate the control system onto the real-world
machine.
- You will solve complex problems through efficient models that
run on low-cost embedded systems with limited computational
resources.
- You will act as a solid system expert in ensuring safe and
intuitive response of Shift shoes at all times.
- You will be responsible for determining how to best design for
performance requirements and system safety. You will determine what
is most important, potential problems that may arise and for
developing designs and solutions to enhance performance and
reception.
- You will develop production-quality embedded code with the
firmware team and own your algorithms from design to production.
Requirements
- At least 2 years research and development experience in bipedal
locomotion, actuated prosthetics, or humanoid robotics, and
published papers in internationally recognized conference or
journals.
- Forward and Inverse Kinematics and Dynamics.
- Model predictive control.
- Expertise in control systems, state estimation, multibody
dynamics, or optimization
- Sensor fusion and state estimation.
- Proficient with Matlab, Python or other prototyping
language.
- Demonstrated excellence in real-time control and processing
using C and C++.
- Familiar with Matlab Simulink or physical model simulation such
as Mujuco.
- Experience developing, debugging, and optimizing real-time
controls on highly dynamic machines.
- Strong intuition for physical movement in machines, and insight
into the physics of motion.
- Familiar with RTOS and Cortex based embedded solutions is a
plus. Benefits
- Opportunities for participation in our Employee Options
programs
- 401K retirement plan
- Excellent medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Sick and Vacation time (Flex time for salary positions), and
Paid Holidays
- Massive Growth Opportunities and a long-term career
- Casual and comfortable work environment
Keywords: Shift Robotics, Austin , Gait Control Engineer, Engineering , Austin, Texas
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