The role is about making a humanoid robot move smoothly and safely around people, covering everything from planned trajectories down to motor control and real-time firmware. A strong candidate has about four years of hands-on work on robots or similar machines, writes solid C++ or C, and has tuned control loops on real hardware rather than only in simulation. Much of the near-term work is moving timing-critical control from a Jetson computer onto microcontrollers for new robot bodies.

How it fits the AI era

AI tools can speed up writing code, building test setups and analysing telemetry, and the robot's behaviour side will draw on AI for what it wants to do and say. This role sits underneath that, turning intent into movement that is physically possible and secure. Judgement about limits, fault handling and how a robot should behave near frail people stays human.

How it builds AI experience





Someone in this role would see how AI and perception signals feed into gesture and expressive movement on a companion robot used in aged care. To build this experience, try a small project that maps a language or emotion signal to smooth arm or head motion in a simulator such as MuJoCo or Gazebo, with clear safety limits. Working alongside the AI and interaction teams on Abi would deepen it further.

Worth showing

- Control tuning on real hardware
- C++ for embedded systems
- CAN and Ethernet interfaces
- ROS2 and Linux experience
- Fault handling and safety thinking

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About Andromeda Robotics

A humanoid robot named Abi that talks, gestures and remembers past conversations with aged-care residents, aimed at loneliness rather than physical labour.

📌 Motion Controls Robotics Engineer (Victoria)
🏢 present of AI
📍 Victoria