Controls Engineer is open at Physical Intelligence in San Francisco. The posting gives no salary; similar roles in the United States advertise a median of $200K. Posted on Jan 7, 2026, and still on Physical Intelligence’s careers page when we last checked, on Nov 14, 2026.
About the role
You Will - Design & implement control algorithms: PID, LQR, MPC, inverse dynamics, and feedforward controllers. - Build & validate models: Create and refine physical and inverse dynamics models for simulation and control design. - Develop real-time loops: Write and optimize runtime control loops, including neural-network-driven control. - Own robotic bring-up: Integrate and tune arms, mobile bases, teleop systems…
The opening lines of the posting. The rest is on Physical Intelligence’s careers page.
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