{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"7443b686f0d8f2768136b699","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/7443b686f0d8f2768136b699","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/7443b686f0d8f2768136b699","title":"Senior Software Engineer, Full Stack Robotics","description":"We're looking for a Senior Software Engineer, Full Stack Robotics to design and implement the control systems that make Physical AI practical and commercially viable through our humanoid robots. You will work alongside a tight-knit team that has been shipping units for the past year, pushing the limits of today’s technology to bring humanoid robots to ever more businesses.\r\nAbout FeatherFeather is a VC-backed startup assembling a world-class team to build general-purpose robots. 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Our units are deployed across several fields today, including cooking, retail, manufacturing, and more.\r\nResponsibilitiesDevelop, test, and tune low-level and high-level control algorithms for humanoid robots\r\nImplement real-time control strategies for locomotion, manipulation, and whole-body coordination\r\nStress-test our system for edge cases and ensure reliability\r\nCollaborate with mechanical and AI engineers to integrate perception, planning, and control into a unified system\r\nRun experiments on hardware to evaluate performance, debug complex behaviors, and improve reliability\r\nWhat we're looking forBackground in control theory, dynamics, calibration, sensor fusion, or classical methods\r\nExperience with one or more of: robot locomotion, manipulation, trajectory optimization, or whole-body control\r\nAbility to develop on modern infrastructure, e.g., ROS2, simulation, and similar tools\r\nStrong programming and debugging in Python, C++, and Rust\r\nStrong background in low-level systems (firmware, multiprocessing, operating systems)\r\nBachelor's, Master's, or PhD in Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Robotics, or a related field\r\nWhy Join UsOwn the whole tech stack and be one of the principal architects of our humanoid robot platform, instead of working on one small fragment of the problem.\r\nShape the future of robotics and physical AI in a talented, driven team that values ownership, speed, and creativity\r\nWe have the capital, the hardware ownership, and the generational upside to make this your life's work#J-18808-Ljbffr","company":"Feather Robotics","rawCompany":"feather robotics","city":"Millbrae","state":"CA","isRemote":false,"isActive":false,"createdAt":"2026-10-04T02:16:56.728Z","occupations":[{"code":"17-2199.08","title":"Robotics Engineers","slug":"robotics-engineers"},{"code":"15-1252.00","title":"Software Developers","slug":"software-developers"},{"code":"17-2199.05","title":"Mechatronics Engineers","slug":"mechatronics-engineers"}],"industries":[{"code":"541511","title":"Custom Computer Programming Services","slug":"custom-computer-programming-services"},{"code":"513210","title":"Software Publishers","slug":"software-publishers"},{"code":"541512","title":"Computer Systems Design Services","slug":"computer-systems-design-services"}],"jobPosting":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"JobPosting","title":"Senior Software Engineer, Full Stack Robotics","description":"We're looking for a Senior Software Engineer, Full Stack Robotics to design and implement the control systems that make Physical AI practical and commercially viable through our humanoid robots. 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