Senior/Staff Robotics and Controls Engineer

Horizon Surgical Systems, Inc. • Los Angeles, CA

6h • Onsite

About The Position

In your role as a Robotics and Controls Engineer at Horizon Surgical Systems, you will contribute to the safety and accuracy of a cutting-edge surgical robotics system by creating, implementing, and verifying mission-critical control algorithms. As this platform is intended for eye surgery, it is paramount that we consider the surgical environment and its obstacles when developing control algorithms while also ensuring that the system executes as accurately as possible. You will be responsible for supporting features critical to the success of this platform like controls, collision avoidance, and path planning while helping to improve system accuracy. The ideal applicant will have a strong background in robot kinematics and dynamics, controls/estimation, nonlinear optimization, and algorithm development.

Requirements

• Master’s or Ph.D. degree in Robotics, Mechanical/Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
• Experience developing robotics software on physical hardware.
• Deep understanding of rigid body dynamics and kinematic chains (ideally for robotic arms).
• Experience with collision-aware trajectory generation algorithms or constrained nonlinear optimization controllers.
• Demonstrated history of documenting code and authoring unit tests.
• Strong proficiency in modern C++ (at least C++11) is a must.
• Knowledge of ROS2 framework.
• 3+ years (or 1+ w/ PhD) of robotic algorithm development and deployment on physical hardware.
• 3+ years (or 1+ w/ PhD) of modern C++ software development.
• Prior experience with path planning algorithms.
• Understanding of linear algebra and related techniques for solving both linear and nonlinear problems.
• Familiarity with task space control paradigms (e.g., impedance, admittance, teleoperation, etc).
• Knowledge of modern approaches to filtering signals and states (e.g., Kalman, particle, etc.).
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and organizational abilities.
• Good communication skills to collaborate with interdisciplinary teams, including software engineers, electrical/mechanical engineers, and product managers.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic work environment and adapt to new challenges.
• Comfortable working in a lab or workshop environment alongside surgical robotic systems.
• Ability to work on-site for hands-on software integration.

Nice To Haves

• Prior experience with medical device development is a plus.
• Prior experience with Python is useful.
• Experience developing in parallel using simulation environments is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Creating, implementing, and verifying mission-critical control algorithms.
• Considering the surgical environment and its obstacles when developing control algorithms while also ensuring that the system executes as accurately as possible.
• Supporting features critical to the success of this platform like controls, collision avoidance, and path planning while helping to improve system accuracy.

Benefits

• An opportunity to build autonomous surgical robotic systems driven by image guidance and AI technology for the future of affordable, high-quality healthcare.
• The opportunity to work alongside clinicians, engineers, and global leaders in cutting-edge AI, imaging, and robotics technology.
• Competitive compensation and an excellent company-paid benefits package.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior