Atlas Senior Controls Reliability Engineer (Robotics)

Location: Onsite at the Waltham, Massachusetts facility, United States

Salary: $100,000–$120,000 annual base pay, plus benefits and an annual bonus structure

Company

hirify.global is scaling the Atlas humanoid robot fleet for large-scale robotics research and field operations.

What you will do

• Lead investigations into complex controls, behavioral, actuator, and system failures escalated from fleet operations.
• Analyze robot logs and telemetry to assess electric actuator health, control stability, sensor performance, and automated health-check failures.
• Develop Python diagnostic scripts, C++ utilities, unit tests, and improved detection logic for reproducible failure modes.
• Maintain automated diagnostic suites that provide actionable feedback to hardware and software engineering teams.
• Convert technical knowledge into standardized playbooks and prepare high-signal failure reports with data and hypotheses.
• Collaborate with hardware and software specialists to verify fixes and influence future robot iterations.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Robotics, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
• 1–4 years of professional experience in robotics, hardware reliability, or technical support for complex electromechanical systems.
• Experience debugging complex systems using log analytics and on-robot diagnostic tools.
• Proficiency in C++ and Python for system analysis and tool development.
• Understanding of controls theory, electric motors, and embedded systems.
• Ability to work onsite at the Waltham facility and interact directly with hardware in a laboratory environment.

Nice to have

• Large-scale data analysis using SQL and Python libraries such as Pandas and NumPy.
• Familiarity with Snowflake and Looker.
• Experience with Bazel, Google Test, Google Cloud Platform, or Apache Airflow.

Culture & Benefits

• Work directly with novel humanoid robotics hardware in a hands-on laboratory environment.
• Medical, dental, and vision benefits.
• 401(k), paid time off, and an annual bonus structure.