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Robotics Engineer, Staff

9 Mothers · Austin · On-site

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About 9 Mothers

AI-powered counter-drone (C-sUAS) defense systems. Edda — fast, low-cost, autonomous-capable point defense for the FPV drone era. Built in Austin, TX. Backed by Y Combinator.

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Passion for building robots or engineering projects as a hobby Meaningful Early Equity: You aren't just an employee; you are a foundational owner. Your contributions directly drive the value of your stake in the company.

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Job Title: Lead Robotics Engineer

Company Overview

9 Mothers Defense develops AI-enabled systems to counter unmanned aerial threats. Our first product, EDDA, is an autonomous counter-sUAS point-defense platform designed to detect, track, and neutralize Group 1 drone threats. The company is headquartered in Austin, Texas.

Position Summary

9 Mothers is seeking a Robotics Lead to own the control systems and motion engineering for our counter-sUAS platform. The Robotics Lead is responsible for the design, implementation, and tuning of the high-bandwidth control loops and state estimation that enable EDDA to track and engage small, fast-moving aerial targets with precision. This is a senior individual contributor position focused on control theory.

Essential Duties

Design, implement, and tune the control stack for EDDA's motion system, including actuators and gimbaled subsystems.

Develop and maintain high-bandwidth control loops, including PID, feedforward, and model-predictive control as appropriate to the application.

Develop and maintain state estimation pipelines that fuse inertial measurement unit data, encoder feedback, and perception output into a consistent target...

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