Senior Control Engineer (Robotics)

Location: On-site in Vancouver, Canada

Company

hirify.global develops commercially scalable and safe hirify.global robots, including the HMND-01 Alpha platform used in industrial pilots.

What you will do

• Design, implement, tune, and validate joint- and actuator-level controllers for multi-DoF robotic systems.
• Develop real-time-safe C++ control and diagnostics software, including multi-layer control architectures.
• Model actuators, transmissions, and mechanisms using kinematics, dynamics, system identification, URDF/Xacro, and MJCF.
• Integrate and calibrate force/torque sensors, tactile sensors, IMUs, and other hardware across the control stack.
• Work with EtherCAT, CAN, Linux networking, ROS2, and deterministic real-time communication.
• Collaborate with mechanical and electronics engineers on hardware bring-up, calibration, actuation requirements, and performance testing.

Requirements

• Master’s or Ph.D. in Control Engineering, Robotics, Mechanical Engineering, or Electrical Engineering, with 5+ years of experience in robotic or mechatronic systems; equivalent practical experience is accepted.
• Experience shipping real-time-safe, object-oriented C++ control software on physical hardware.
• Experience tuning and validating controllers, calibrating sensors, and bringing up physical actuators.
• Experience debugging EtherCAT or CAN at the fieldbus and operating-system layers on an RTOS or real-time Linux.
• Strong knowledge of linear and nonlinear control, stability, observers, state estimation, filtering, feedback/feedforward control, and frequency-domain analysis.
• Experience with multi-DoF mechanisms, Jacobians, numerical IK/FK, and URDF/Xacro.

Nice to have

• BLDC motor control, including commutation, current control, and torque optimization.
• ros2_control internals, including hardware interfaces, controllers, controller manager, plugins, and lifecycle nodes.
• Experience with parallel mechanisms, robotic hands, or multi-DoF end-effectors.
• Experience with MATLAB/Simulink, MuJoCo, Gazebo, MJCF, and actuator or transmission-level simulation.

Culture & Benefits

• Extended health benefits from the first day, including fully paid medical and dental coverage, virtual care, employee and family assistance, and worldwide emergency medical support.
• 23 days of accrued annual leave, 15 days of paid sick leave, and paid company holidays.
• Stock options with potential upside as the company scales.
• Daily catered lunch, snacks, and drinks in the office.
• Collaboration with engineers, researchers, and product experts in AI and robotics.
• Opportunity to influence the product and own key initiatives.