Lead Robotics Control Engineer

We're looking for a Lead Robotics Control Engineer to develop advanced whole-body control for a next-generation robotic platform. You'll work across optimisation, dynamics and real-time control, taking algorithms from formulation through to deployment on physical robotic hardware. What you'll do

• Develop hierarchical and weighted QP-based whole-body controllers.
• Own task prioritisation, constraints, feasibility and numerical robustness.
• Develop inverse dynamics, task-space/operational-space, redundancy, impedance and force control.
• Advance dynamic modelling, system identification and payload estimation.
• Develop predictive control, including MPC.
• Deploy and debug real-time controllers on high-DoF robotic hardware.
• Work with hardware and safety teams and mentor control engineers. Required Experience
• Deep hands-on experience in whole-body and optimisation-based robot control.
• Strong QP/NLP solver and real-time optimisation experience.
• Strong rigid-body kinematics and dynamics, inverse dynamics and IK.
• Proven deployment on real, high-DoF robotic hardware.
• Expert modern C++ for real-time systems; Python for analysis and prototyping.
• Experience taking control systems from research to reliable hardware deployment.
• Strong technical leadership and mentoring skills. Preferred Experience
• MPC deployed on physical robots.
• Mobile manipulation, dual-arm or legged robotics.
• Pinocchio, Eigen, QP/NLP solvers, ROS2 and real-time Linux.
• System identification, payload estimation or safety-relevant control. What's on offer
• Significant technical ownership and influence.
• Highly collaborative robotics engineering environment.
• Comprehensive benefits and strong career development opportunities.
• Competitive relocation support for candidates moving to London.