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About the Role

You'll own the precision motion stack, full stop. This is a senior IC role on the controls side, responsible for the architecture and tuning of precision pointing and tracking control loops, state estimation, and closed-loop integration with the tracker.

Responsibilities

Architecture and tuning of the precision pointing and tracking control loops
Closed loop tracking from sensor input through actuator command at hundreds of Hz
State estimation across IMU, encoder, and vision based feedback (Kalman filters, complementary filters, sensor fusion)
System identification and modeling of the gimbal, mount, and actuator dynamics
Actuator tuning, gain scheduling, and compensation for nonlinearities (backlash, friction, saturation)
Resonance characterization, notch filtering, and structural compensation
Simulation infrastructure for controls development
Hardware-in-the-loop test infrastructure for controls validation
Field characterization of the system against real targets at the range
Author controls documentation and tuning standards

Requirements

4+ years of experience in robotics
Strong knowledge of fundamentals: classical controls, state space, LQR, MPC
Proven simulation experience and a track record of managing the sim-to-real gap on actual hardware
Modern C++ for real time control implementation
Python or MATLAB/Simulink for modeling, system ID, and analysis
State estimation in practice (Kalman, EKF, UKF, complementary filters)
System identification and frequency domain tuning
Direct experience with motion control hardware — servo drives, brushless motors, encoders, IMUs
Comfortable working at the seam between mechanical, electrical, and software
Understanding of latency, jitter, and how they kill control loop performance
Experience tuning hardware that fought back
This role requires access to export-controlled information or items that require "U.S. Person" status.

Skills

Robotics
Classical controls
State space
LQR
MPC
Simulation
Sim-to-real gap management
Modern C++
Real-time control implementation
Python
MATLAB/Simulink
Modeling
System identification
Analysis
State estimation
Kalman filters
EKF
UKF
Complementary filters
Frequency domain tuning
Motion control hardware
Servo drives
Brushless motors
Encoders
IMUs
Mechanical integration
Electrical integration
Software integration
Latency understanding
Jitter understanding
Advanced MPC (nonlinear, robust, real-time NMPC)
Gimbal control
Beam director control
Precision pointing system control
Aerospace controls
Defense controls
Directed energy controls
Adaptive control
Robust control
Vision-in-the-loop control
Visual servoing
Image-based tracking
Hardware-in-the-loop simulation
High bandwidth sensor pipelines
Camera integration
Radar integration
IMU integration
Moving target tracking

Location

San Francisco

Work Type

Full-time
Onsite

Experience Level

Senior

Education Level

MS in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Robotics, or related field
BS with strong hands-on robotics experience
PhD with a real shipping record

Benefits

Competitive salary + equity
United Health Care medical, dental, and vision coverage
Flexible 18 days PTO + 5 sick days
Travel to field test events and range days
Covered daily lunches and office snacks + drinks
E-bike / scooter stipend (up to $500)
Direct access to leadership and real ownership over your work

About the Company

Aurelius Systems is a VC backed defense tech startup building autonomous, edge deployed directed energy systems for counter-UAS.
We build laser weapons to shoot down drones.
We're a small team of engineers, former US military operators, and subject matter experts scaling America's directed energy dominance.
The first cost effective, reliable and robust laser weapon system.
Marcus Aurelius wrote about doing the work in front of you, every day, without excuses. Henry Ford didn't wait for permission to reinvent manufacturing.
That's how we operate — small team, unreasonable output, no hiding behind the unachievable.
In addition to our San Francisco lab, we’ve opened a Detroit manufacturing hub and we field test weekly on our own 400-acre private range.