Senior Controls Engineer (Federal)

Field AI is transforming how robots interact with the real world by building risk-aware, reliable, and field-ready AI systems. We are seeking a Senior Controls Engineer to lead the design, implementation, and deployment of advanced control systems and collaborative behaviors for our autonomous vehicle fleet.

Requirements

• Ph.D. in Robotics, Computer Science, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field
• Deep expertise in modern control theory, specifically with predictive and sampling-based control methodologies
• Proven experience deploying complex control and planning algorithms onto physical robots
• Experience working with large-scale or off-road autonomous vehicles operating in unstructured, real-world environments
• Strong ability to design and implement computationally constrained control schemes tailored to the compute limitations of embedded robotic platforms
• Hands-on experience with C++, Python, CUDA, ROS1/2, Docker, Linux

Benefits

• Full benefits
• Equity
• Generous time