AI & Control Engineer – Whole-Body Control (Robotics)

Location: Paris, France; occasional remote work authorized

Company

hirify.global designs, manufactures, and sells AI-powered robots for healthcare and industry, including autonomous exoskeletons and humanoid robots.

What you will do

• Develop whole-body control algorithms for floating-base exoskeletons and humanoid robots.
• Design linear and nonlinear control strategies, including MPC and NMPC.
• Develop online and offline trajectory optimization, motion generation, and whole-body trajectory tracking for locomotion and manipulation.
• Model robot dynamics, contacts, and interactions with the environment, and develop or integrate sensor-based state estimation.
• Explore learning-based approaches, including reinforcement learning, when relevant.
• Write efficient C++ and Python software, validate algorithms on real robots, and contribute to the long-term control-stack architecture.

Requirements

• Master’s or PhD degree in Robotics, Controls, Optimization, Applied Mathematics, or a related scientific field.
• Hands-on experience with robotics, control, motion generation, trajectory optimization, or related algorithmic development through industry, research, or significant academic projects.
• Autonomous-level programming skills in C++ and Python.
• Autonomous-level algorithmics skills.
• Autonomous-level robotics skills, including kinematics, dynamics, and working with sensor data.
• Autonomous-level control theory skills.
• Basic knowledge of machine learning.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time position based in Paris, France.
• Occasional remote work is authorized.
• Collaborate with control, mechanical, electronics, perception, and software teams.
• Work on exoskeletons and humanoid robots used in healthcare and industrial applications.