# Sr. Robotics Software Engineer, Controls at Aurelius Systems

- Company: Aurelius Systems
- What the company does: Aurelius Systems builds AI-powered directed energy laser defense platforms protecting troops, bases, and infrastructure from UAS drone threats. Backed by General Catalyst.
- Company website: https://aureliussystems.com/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Senior
- Location: San Francisco
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $180K to $200K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-06-30
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/aureliussystems/d122b688-4212-4b8e-9db2-e5a32a6dac63
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/aurelius-systems-sr-robotics-software-engineer-controls/

## About the role

The critical gap we're hiring for is a hands-on robotics controls engineer who can iterate fast on real hardware. Someone who can take a model, get it on the hardware, characterize what's actually happening, and tighten the loop. You think in Bode plots and step responses. This is a senior IC role on the controls side. You'll own the architecture and tuning of the precision pointing and tracking control loops, the state estimation behind them, and the closed loop integration with the tracker.

## What they're looking for

- 4+ years of experience in robotics
- Strong knowledge of fundamentals: classical controls, state space, LQR, MPC
- Proven simulation experience and a track record of managing the sim-to-real gap on actual hardware
- Modern C++ for real time control implementation
- Python or MATLAB/Simulink for modeling, system ID, and analysis
- State estimation in practice (Kalman, EKF, UKF, complementary filters)

Tags: Engineering