Humanoid in the United Kingdom is seeking an Employer Brand Manager to tell our story and attract top talent. You'll partner with Talent Acquisition, PR & Marketing to build authentic experiences, showcase our people and technology, and grow communities around robotics and AI. You'll organize events, hackathons, university partnerships, and conferences, and develop compelling content and campaigns that resonate with technical audiences.
Aug 31, 2026
Full time
Humanoid in the United Kingdom is seeking an Employer Brand Manager to tell our story and attract top talent. You'll partner with Talent Acquisition, PR & Marketing to build authentic experiences, showcase our people and technology, and grow communities around robotics and AI. You'll organize events, hackathons, university partnerships, and conferences, and develop compelling content and campaigns that resonate with technical audiences.
Here at Humanoid, we believe in a future where robots amplify human potential. That's why we've set out on a mission to build the world's most capable, commercially-scalable, and safe humanoid robots. We're bringing that mission to life with HMND 01 Alpha - our rapidly developed humanoid platform now running in real industrial pilots - and we're growing the team to take it even further. About the Role As our Employer Brand Manager, you'll help tell the story of Humanoid to the people who'll help shape our future. Working closely with Talent Acquisition, PR & Marketing, and hiring teams, you'll bring our employer brand to life by creating memorable experiences, building relationships with technical communities, and showcasing the incredible people and technology behind Humanoid. From organising meetups and university events to creating engaging content and representing Humanoid at industry conferences, you'll play a key role in helping exceptional talent discover who we are, what we're building, and why they should join us. This is a hands-on role for someone who loves bringing ideas to life. You'll spend less time building PowerPoint presentations and more time building communities, creating experiences, and finding creative ways to connect world-class talent with our mission. What You'll Do Build Humanoid's presence across robotics, AI, software, hardware, and engineering communities. Plan and deliver hackathons, coding competitions, university partnerships, meetups, conferences, careers fairs, and community events that inspire exceptional talent to engage with Humanoid. Represent Humanoid at industry events, building meaningful relationships with engineers, researchers, students, creators, and future talent. Partner with Talent Acquisition to develop creative employer branding campaigns that support hiring across technical and business teams. Work closely with PR & Marketing to create engaging employer brand content, including employee stories, behind-the-scenes videos, blogs, social media campaigns, and careers page content. Collaborate with engineers and technical leaders to showcase the exciting challenges we're solving and the people making them happen. Own and continuously improve Humanoid's careers website and employer branding assets. Develop employee advocacy initiatives that encourage employees to share their work, experiences, and life at Humanoid. Identify new communities, partnerships, sponsorships, and events where Humanoid should have a presence. Measure the impact of employer branding initiatives, experiment with new ideas, and continuously improve how we attract and engage exceptional talent. What We're Looking For 5+ years of experience in Employer Branding, Recruitment Marketing, Community Building, Talent Attraction, or a similar role. Experience building employer brand initiatives in a fast-growing or scaling tech organisations. Experience organising events, hackathons, meetups, coding competitions, university partnerships, or community engagement initiatives. Excellent storytelling, content creation, and communication skills. Strong project management skills with the ability to manage multiple initiatives from idea to execution. A natural relationship builder who enjoys connecting with people and growing communities. Comfortable collaborating with Talent Acquisition, PR & Marketing, hiring managers, and senior stakeholders. A creative mindset with the confidence to test new ideas and continuously improve. Comfortable operating in ambiguity and driving clarity in a fast-moving environment. Strong execution skills with the ability to take ownership and deliver consistently. Nice to have Experience in deep-tech, robotics, AI, or hardware and software organisations. Experience creating employer branding campaigns for technical audiences. Familiarity with LinkedIn Talent Brand, recruitment marketing tools, careers websites, and ATS platforms. Experience producing photo, video, or digital content for employer branding or social media. A genuine curiosity about emerging technologies and the future of robotics. What We Offer Competitive equity: stock options with meaningful upside as we scale. 30+ paid days off, including 23 days of annual leave, all UK bank holidays, and additional company closure days (including Christmas-New Year shutdown). Private healthcare, including virtual and in-person care. Pension scheme with 8% total contribution (5% employee, 3% employer) on full earnings. Free daily breakfast, catered lunch, and snacks in-office. Work at the frontier - collaborate daily with world-class engineers, researchers, and product experts building the next generation of AI and humanoid robotics. Real ownership - direct access to founding leadership, meaningful input on product direction, and the ability to drive key initiatives from day one.
Aug 31, 2026
Full time
Here at Humanoid, we believe in a future where robots amplify human potential. That's why we've set out on a mission to build the world's most capable, commercially-scalable, and safe humanoid robots. We're bringing that mission to life with HMND 01 Alpha - our rapidly developed humanoid platform now running in real industrial pilots - and we're growing the team to take it even further. About the Role As our Employer Brand Manager, you'll help tell the story of Humanoid to the people who'll help shape our future. Working closely with Talent Acquisition, PR & Marketing, and hiring teams, you'll bring our employer brand to life by creating memorable experiences, building relationships with technical communities, and showcasing the incredible people and technology behind Humanoid. From organising meetups and university events to creating engaging content and representing Humanoid at industry conferences, you'll play a key role in helping exceptional talent discover who we are, what we're building, and why they should join us. This is a hands-on role for someone who loves bringing ideas to life. You'll spend less time building PowerPoint presentations and more time building communities, creating experiences, and finding creative ways to connect world-class talent with our mission. What You'll Do Build Humanoid's presence across robotics, AI, software, hardware, and engineering communities. Plan and deliver hackathons, coding competitions, university partnerships, meetups, conferences, careers fairs, and community events that inspire exceptional talent to engage with Humanoid. Represent Humanoid at industry events, building meaningful relationships with engineers, researchers, students, creators, and future talent. Partner with Talent Acquisition to develop creative employer branding campaigns that support hiring across technical and business teams. Work closely with PR & Marketing to create engaging employer brand content, including employee stories, behind-the-scenes videos, blogs, social media campaigns, and careers page content. Collaborate with engineers and technical leaders to showcase the exciting challenges we're solving and the people making them happen. Own and continuously improve Humanoid's careers website and employer branding assets. Develop employee advocacy initiatives that encourage employees to share their work, experiences, and life at Humanoid. Identify new communities, partnerships, sponsorships, and events where Humanoid should have a presence. Measure the impact of employer branding initiatives, experiment with new ideas, and continuously improve how we attract and engage exceptional talent. What We're Looking For 5+ years of experience in Employer Branding, Recruitment Marketing, Community Building, Talent Attraction, or a similar role. Experience building employer brand initiatives in a fast-growing or scaling tech organisations. Experience organising events, hackathons, meetups, coding competitions, university partnerships, or community engagement initiatives. Excellent storytelling, content creation, and communication skills. Strong project management skills with the ability to manage multiple initiatives from idea to execution. A natural relationship builder who enjoys connecting with people and growing communities. Comfortable collaborating with Talent Acquisition, PR & Marketing, hiring managers, and senior stakeholders. A creative mindset with the confidence to test new ideas and continuously improve. Comfortable operating in ambiguity and driving clarity in a fast-moving environment. Strong execution skills with the ability to take ownership and deliver consistently. Nice to have Experience in deep-tech, robotics, AI, or hardware and software organisations. Experience creating employer branding campaigns for technical audiences. Familiarity with LinkedIn Talent Brand, recruitment marketing tools, careers websites, and ATS platforms. Experience producing photo, video, or digital content for employer branding or social media. A genuine curiosity about emerging technologies and the future of robotics. What We Offer Competitive equity: stock options with meaningful upside as we scale. 30+ paid days off, including 23 days of annual leave, all UK bank holidays, and additional company closure days (including Christmas-New Year shutdown). Private healthcare, including virtual and in-person care. Pension scheme with 8% total contribution (5% employee, 3% employer) on full earnings. Free daily breakfast, catered lunch, and snacks in-office. Work at the frontier - collaborate daily with world-class engineers, researchers, and product experts building the next generation of AI and humanoid robotics. Real ownership - direct access to founding leadership, meaningful input on product direction, and the ability to drive key initiatives from day one.
Here at Humanoid, we believe in a future where robots amplify human potential. That's why we've set out on a mission to build the world's most capable, commercially-scalable, and safe humanoid robots. We're bringing that mission to life with HMND-01 Alpha - our rapidly developed humanoid platform now running in real industrial pilots - and we're growing the team to take it even further. About the Role We're looking for a Senior HR Operations Manager to play a key role in building and scaling the HR operations that support our growing team. This is an opportunity to have real ownership and impact. You'll oversee the core employee lifecycle while shaping the processes, systems, and ways of working that enable us to grow effectively. From improving existing workflows to introducing smarter, more automated solutions, you'll have the freedom to challenge how things are done and make them better. Working closely with HR Business Partners, Talent Acquisition, Payroll, Finance, and Legal, you'll help create a seamless employee experience and ensure our HR operations are accurate, efficient, and built to scale. If you enjoy bringing structure to fast-moving environments, solving operational challenges, and building things that make a tangible difference, this is a chance to help shape HR Operations at an exciting stage of our growth. What You'll Do Own end-to-end HR operations: onboarding/offboarding, employee data management, contracts, and HRIS administration Design and continuously improve HR processes and workflows to support rapid headcount growth Partner with Payroll and Finance to ensure accurate, timely monthly payroll inputs (starters, leavers, changes, benefits) Partner with Legal, HR Business Partners and Talent Acquisition to ensure a smooth, well-documented employee lifecycle Act as the escalation point for employee queries relating to contracts, benefits, and policies Support audits (right-to-work, compliance, insurance) and maintain accurate employee records Ensure HR policies, employee handbooks, and processes comply with UK employment law (and monitor changes that require updates) Manage relationships with external vendors (such as benefits providers etc) Identify opportunities to automate and simplify recurring HR admin work What We're Looking For 3+ years of experience in People Operations, ideally in a fast-growing or scale-up environment Solid working knowledge of UK employment law and best practice Experience owning or administering an HRIS (preferably HiBob) Experience coordinating with payroll providers and benefits administration in the UK Strong Excel/Google Sheets skills; comfortable working with and cleaning large datasets Excellent attention to detail and a process-first mindset Strong communication skills - able to explain policy and process clearly to employees at all levels Comfortable working in ambiguity and building processes from scratch where none exist yet What We Offer Competitive equity: stock options with meaningful upside as we scale. 30+ paid days off, including 23 days of annual leave, all UK bank holidays, and additional company closure days (including Christmas-New Year shutdown). Private healthcare, including virtual and in-person care. Pension scheme with 8% total contribution (5% employee, 3% employer) on full earnings. Free daily breakfast, catered lunch, and snacks in-office. Work at the frontier - collaborate daily with world-class engineers, researchers, and product experts building the next generation of AI and humanoid robotics. Real ownership - direct access to founding leadership, meaningful input on product direction, and the ability to drive key initiatives from day one.
Aug 30, 2026
Full time
Here at Humanoid, we believe in a future where robots amplify human potential. That's why we've set out on a mission to build the world's most capable, commercially-scalable, and safe humanoid robots. We're bringing that mission to life with HMND-01 Alpha - our rapidly developed humanoid platform now running in real industrial pilots - and we're growing the team to take it even further. About the Role We're looking for a Senior HR Operations Manager to play a key role in building and scaling the HR operations that support our growing team. This is an opportunity to have real ownership and impact. You'll oversee the core employee lifecycle while shaping the processes, systems, and ways of working that enable us to grow effectively. From improving existing workflows to introducing smarter, more automated solutions, you'll have the freedom to challenge how things are done and make them better. Working closely with HR Business Partners, Talent Acquisition, Payroll, Finance, and Legal, you'll help create a seamless employee experience and ensure our HR operations are accurate, efficient, and built to scale. If you enjoy bringing structure to fast-moving environments, solving operational challenges, and building things that make a tangible difference, this is a chance to help shape HR Operations at an exciting stage of our growth. What You'll Do Own end-to-end HR operations: onboarding/offboarding, employee data management, contracts, and HRIS administration Design and continuously improve HR processes and workflows to support rapid headcount growth Partner with Payroll and Finance to ensure accurate, timely monthly payroll inputs (starters, leavers, changes, benefits) Partner with Legal, HR Business Partners and Talent Acquisition to ensure a smooth, well-documented employee lifecycle Act as the escalation point for employee queries relating to contracts, benefits, and policies Support audits (right-to-work, compliance, insurance) and maintain accurate employee records Ensure HR policies, employee handbooks, and processes comply with UK employment law (and monitor changes that require updates) Manage relationships with external vendors (such as benefits providers etc) Identify opportunities to automate and simplify recurring HR admin work What We're Looking For 3+ years of experience in People Operations, ideally in a fast-growing or scale-up environment Solid working knowledge of UK employment law and best practice Experience owning or administering an HRIS (preferably HiBob) Experience coordinating with payroll providers and benefits administration in the UK Strong Excel/Google Sheets skills; comfortable working with and cleaning large datasets Excellent attention to detail and a process-first mindset Strong communication skills - able to explain policy and process clearly to employees at all levels Comfortable working in ambiguity and building processes from scratch where none exist yet What We Offer Competitive equity: stock options with meaningful upside as we scale. 30+ paid days off, including 23 days of annual leave, all UK bank holidays, and additional company closure days (including Christmas-New Year shutdown). Private healthcare, including virtual and in-person care. Pension scheme with 8% total contribution (5% employee, 3% employer) on full earnings. Free daily breakfast, catered lunch, and snacks in-office. Work at the frontier - collaborate daily with world-class engineers, researchers, and product experts building the next generation of AI and humanoid robotics. Real ownership - direct access to founding leadership, meaningful input on product direction, and the ability to drive key initiatives from day one.
Here at Humanoid, we believe in a future where robots amplify human potential. That's why we've set out on a mission to build the world's most capable, commercially-scalable, and safe humanoid robots. We're bringing that mission to life with HMND-01 Alpha - our rapidly developed humanoid platform now running in real industrial pilots - and we're growing the team to take it even further. About the Role We're looking for a Senior HR Operations Manager to play a key role in building and scaling the HR operations that support our growing team. This is an opportunity to have real ownership and impact. You'll oversee the core employee lifecycle while shaping the processes, systems, and ways of working that enable us to grow effectively. From improving existing workflows to introducing smarter, more automated solutions, you'll have the freedom to challenge how things are done and make them better. Working closely with HR Business Partners, Talent Acquisition, Payroll, Finance, and Legal, you'll help create a seamless employee experience and ensure our HR operations are accurate, efficient, and built to scale. If you enjoy bringing structure to fast-moving environments, solving operational challenges, and building things that make a tangible difference, this is a chance to help shape HR Operations at an exciting stage of our growth. What You'll Do Own end-to-end HR operations: onboarding/offboarding, employee data management, contracts, and HRIS administration Design and continuously improve HR processes and workflows to support rapid headcount growth Partner with Payroll and Finance to ensure accurate, timely monthly payroll inputs (starters, leavers, changes, benefits) Partner with Legal, HR Business Partners and Talent Acquisition to ensure a smooth, well-documented employee lifecycle Act as the escalation point for employee queries relating to contracts, benefits, and policies Support audits (right-to-work, compliance, insurance) and maintain accurate employee records Ensure HR policies, employee handbooks, and processes comply with UK employment law (and monitor changes that require updates) Manage relationships with external vendors (such as benefits providers etc) Identify opportunities to automate and simplify recurring HR admin work What We're Looking For 3+ years of experience in People Operations, ideally in a fast-growing or scale-up environment Solid working knowledge of UK employment law and best practice Experience owning or administering an HRIS (preferably HiBob) Experience coordinating with payroll providers and benefits administration in the UK Strong Excel/Google Sheets skills; comfortable working with and cleaning large datasets Excellent attention to detail and a process-first mindset Strong communication skills - able to explain policy and process clearly to employees at all levels Comfortable working in ambiguity and building processes from scratch where none exist yet What We Offer Competitive equity: stock options with meaningful upside as we scale. 30+ paid days off, including 23 days of annual leave, all UK bank holidays, and additional company closure days (including Christmas-New Year shutdown). Private healthcare, including virtual and in-person care. Pension scheme with 8% total contribution (5% employee, 3% employer) on full earnings. Free daily breakfast, catered lunch, and snacks in-office. Work at the frontier - collaborate daily with world-class engineers, researchers, and product experts building the next generation of AI and humanoid robotics. Real ownership - direct access to founding leadership, meaningful input on product direction, and the ability to drive key initiatives from day one.
Aug 30, 2026
Full time
Here at Humanoid, we believe in a future where robots amplify human potential. That's why we've set out on a mission to build the world's most capable, commercially-scalable, and safe humanoid robots. We're bringing that mission to life with HMND-01 Alpha - our rapidly developed humanoid platform now running in real industrial pilots - and we're growing the team to take it even further. About the Role We're looking for a Senior HR Operations Manager to play a key role in building and scaling the HR operations that support our growing team. This is an opportunity to have real ownership and impact. You'll oversee the core employee lifecycle while shaping the processes, systems, and ways of working that enable us to grow effectively. From improving existing workflows to introducing smarter, more automated solutions, you'll have the freedom to challenge how things are done and make them better. Working closely with HR Business Partners, Talent Acquisition, Payroll, Finance, and Legal, you'll help create a seamless employee experience and ensure our HR operations are accurate, efficient, and built to scale. If you enjoy bringing structure to fast-moving environments, solving operational challenges, and building things that make a tangible difference, this is a chance to help shape HR Operations at an exciting stage of our growth. What You'll Do Own end-to-end HR operations: onboarding/offboarding, employee data management, contracts, and HRIS administration Design and continuously improve HR processes and workflows to support rapid headcount growth Partner with Payroll and Finance to ensure accurate, timely monthly payroll inputs (starters, leavers, changes, benefits) Partner with Legal, HR Business Partners and Talent Acquisition to ensure a smooth, well-documented employee lifecycle Act as the escalation point for employee queries relating to contracts, benefits, and policies Support audits (right-to-work, compliance, insurance) and maintain accurate employee records Ensure HR policies, employee handbooks, and processes comply with UK employment law (and monitor changes that require updates) Manage relationships with external vendors (such as benefits providers etc) Identify opportunities to automate and simplify recurring HR admin work What We're Looking For 3+ years of experience in People Operations, ideally in a fast-growing or scale-up environment Solid working knowledge of UK employment law and best practice Experience owning or administering an HRIS (preferably HiBob) Experience coordinating with payroll providers and benefits administration in the UK Strong Excel/Google Sheets skills; comfortable working with and cleaning large datasets Excellent attention to detail and a process-first mindset Strong communication skills - able to explain policy and process clearly to employees at all levels Comfortable working in ambiguity and building processes from scratch where none exist yet What We Offer Competitive equity: stock options with meaningful upside as we scale. 30+ paid days off, including 23 days of annual leave, all UK bank holidays, and additional company closure days (including Christmas-New Year shutdown). Private healthcare, including virtual and in-person care. Pension scheme with 8% total contribution (5% employee, 3% employer) on full earnings. Free daily breakfast, catered lunch, and snacks in-office. Work at the frontier - collaborate daily with world-class engineers, researchers, and product experts building the next generation of AI and humanoid robotics. Real ownership - direct access to founding leadership, meaningful input on product direction, and the ability to drive key initiatives from day one.
Humanoid in London is seeking a Senior Low-level Control Engineer to join the Control Team. You will design, validate and integrate actuator- and joint-level controllers for a family of end-effectors, including grasping variants, with a focus on safety, performance and real-time hardware debugging. The role demands a solid background in control theory, strong C++ software skills, and experience from RTOS or real-time Linux to hardware bring-up and testing across ROS2 platforms.
Aug 27, 2026
Full time
Humanoid in London is seeking a Senior Low-level Control Engineer to join the Control Team. You will design, validate and integrate actuator- and joint-level controllers for a family of end-effectors, including grasping variants, with a focus on safety, performance and real-time hardware debugging. The role demands a solid background in control theory, strong C++ software skills, and experience from RTOS or real-time Linux to hardware bring-up and testing across ROS2 platforms.
Here at Humanoid, we believe in a future where robots amplify human potential. That's why we've set out on a mission to build the world's most capable, commercially-scalable, and safe humanoid robots. We're bringing that mission to life with HMND 01 Alpha - our rapidly developed humanoid platform now running in real industrial pilots - and we're growing the team to take it even further. About the Role We are looking for a Staff Robotics Control Engineer to join our Control Team in London and lead the evolution of whole-body control for our Wheeled Alpha platform - a humanoid whose whole body spans a wheeled base, torso and two arms, controlled as one coordinated system. We need genuine depth in classical whole-body control. You should know hierarchical and weighted QP formulations from the inside - not as a library you have called, but as something you have derived, implemented, tuned, profiled and debugged on real hardware under demo pressure. You should have opinions about strict hierarchies versus soft-weighted stacks, regularisation and nullspace behaviour, what to do when a task set becomes infeasible, and how to keep a redundant system clear of singularities without it feeling sluggish. Alongside that depth, you will set technical direction and mentor a strong team of control engineers. What You'll Do Whole-Body Control Architecture & Algorithms: Lead the evolution of the Wheeled Alpha whole-body controller: task formulation, prioritisation, weighting, constraint handling and solver selection. Coordinate wheeled base, torso and dual-arm motion within a single whole-body formulation, with base motion that tracks commanded targets accurately and stays well-behaved under aggressive commands and long-duration operation. Own the constraint layer - self-collision avoidance, joint and velocity limit guarding, and singularity handling - plus feasibility handling and recovery when the solver fails. Drive the evolution toward predictive formulations: evaluate and develop MPC-based whole-body control where anticipating dynamics and constraints outperforms instantaneous QP resolution. Dynamics, Compliance & Payload: Own the dynamic models the controller runs on - inertial, gravity and friction modelling, system identification, and online payload estimation - so the robot knows what it is carrying and controls accordingly. Advance compliance and force behaviour - impedance, admittance and force control that stays compliant at contact - and extend payload capability without sacrificing either. Own stability-aware behaviour under changing payload and dynamic motion Safety Integration: Make whole-body control a first-class citizen of the safety architecture: the controller must accept and honour requests from dedicated safety compute - velocity capping, controlled deceleration, constrained operating envelopes - provably and without degrading motion quality. Co own the controls-to-safety interface with the safety team, and design control behaviour so that safety interventions are graceful rather than abrupt. Technical Leadership: Define the performance metrics for whole-body control and insist on deterministic, reproducible evaluation of every change, in simulation and on hardware. Mentor control engineers on optimisation-based control, numerical robustness and hardware debugging; act as reviewer of record for the most consequential changes. Work with hardware teams so control constraints and mechanical design decisions stay coherent. What We're Looking For Deep, demonstrable expertise in optimisation-based whole-body control: hierarchical and weighted QP formulations, task prioritisation, constraint handling, and the numerical realities of solving them inside a real-time loop. Strong command of the classical WBC toolkit - operational space and task-space control, inverse dynamics and IK formulations, redundancy resolution, nullspace projection, impedance and admittance control, contact and force control - and working knowledge of MPC formulations for whole-body or mobile manipulation control. Deployed whole-body controllers on real high-DoF hardware (humanoids, mobile manipulators, dual-arm or legged platforms), including coordinating base and manipulator motion. Practical fluency with QP/NLP solvers and their failure modes: conditioning, infeasibility, warm starting, solve-time budgets, and what to do at the limit. Strong dynamic modelling foundations: rigid body kinematics/dynamics (Jacobians, dynamics formulations, URDF-based modelling), inertial and friction system identification, and payload/external-load estimation. Expert modern C++ for real-time control with Python for analysis and prototyping. Track record of taking control algorithms to production reliability rather than to a paper or a one-off demo, plus demonstrated technical leadership and mentoring. What We Offer Competitive equity: stock options with meaningful upside as we scale. 30+ paid days off, including 23 days of annual leave, all UK bank holidays, and additional company closure days (including Christmas-New Year shutdown). Private healthcare, including virtual and in person care. Pension scheme with 8% total contribution (5% employee, 3% employer) on full earnings. Free daily breakfast, catered lunch, and snacks in office. Work at the frontier - collaborate daily with world class engineers, researchers, and product experts building the next generation of AI and humanoid robotics. Real ownership - direct access to founding leadership, meaningful input on product direction, and the ability to drive key initiatives from day one.
Aug 27, 2026
Full time
Here at Humanoid, we believe in a future where robots amplify human potential. That's why we've set out on a mission to build the world's most capable, commercially-scalable, and safe humanoid robots. We're bringing that mission to life with HMND 01 Alpha - our rapidly developed humanoid platform now running in real industrial pilots - and we're growing the team to take it even further. About the Role We are looking for a Staff Robotics Control Engineer to join our Control Team in London and lead the evolution of whole-body control for our Wheeled Alpha platform - a humanoid whose whole body spans a wheeled base, torso and two arms, controlled as one coordinated system. We need genuine depth in classical whole-body control. You should know hierarchical and weighted QP formulations from the inside - not as a library you have called, but as something you have derived, implemented, tuned, profiled and debugged on real hardware under demo pressure. You should have opinions about strict hierarchies versus soft-weighted stacks, regularisation and nullspace behaviour, what to do when a task set becomes infeasible, and how to keep a redundant system clear of singularities without it feeling sluggish. Alongside that depth, you will set technical direction and mentor a strong team of control engineers. What You'll Do Whole-Body Control Architecture & Algorithms: Lead the evolution of the Wheeled Alpha whole-body controller: task formulation, prioritisation, weighting, constraint handling and solver selection. Coordinate wheeled base, torso and dual-arm motion within a single whole-body formulation, with base motion that tracks commanded targets accurately and stays well-behaved under aggressive commands and long-duration operation. Own the constraint layer - self-collision avoidance, joint and velocity limit guarding, and singularity handling - plus feasibility handling and recovery when the solver fails. Drive the evolution toward predictive formulations: evaluate and develop MPC-based whole-body control where anticipating dynamics and constraints outperforms instantaneous QP resolution. Dynamics, Compliance & Payload: Own the dynamic models the controller runs on - inertial, gravity and friction modelling, system identification, and online payload estimation - so the robot knows what it is carrying and controls accordingly. Advance compliance and force behaviour - impedance, admittance and force control that stays compliant at contact - and extend payload capability without sacrificing either. Own stability-aware behaviour under changing payload and dynamic motion Safety Integration: Make whole-body control a first-class citizen of the safety architecture: the controller must accept and honour requests from dedicated safety compute - velocity capping, controlled deceleration, constrained operating envelopes - provably and without degrading motion quality. Co own the controls-to-safety interface with the safety team, and design control behaviour so that safety interventions are graceful rather than abrupt. Technical Leadership: Define the performance metrics for whole-body control and insist on deterministic, reproducible evaluation of every change, in simulation and on hardware. Mentor control engineers on optimisation-based control, numerical robustness and hardware debugging; act as reviewer of record for the most consequential changes. Work with hardware teams so control constraints and mechanical design decisions stay coherent. What We're Looking For Deep, demonstrable expertise in optimisation-based whole-body control: hierarchical and weighted QP formulations, task prioritisation, constraint handling, and the numerical realities of solving them inside a real-time loop. Strong command of the classical WBC toolkit - operational space and task-space control, inverse dynamics and IK formulations, redundancy resolution, nullspace projection, impedance and admittance control, contact and force control - and working knowledge of MPC formulations for whole-body or mobile manipulation control. Deployed whole-body controllers on real high-DoF hardware (humanoids, mobile manipulators, dual-arm or legged platforms), including coordinating base and manipulator motion. Practical fluency with QP/NLP solvers and their failure modes: conditioning, infeasibility, warm starting, solve-time budgets, and what to do at the limit. Strong dynamic modelling foundations: rigid body kinematics/dynamics (Jacobians, dynamics formulations, URDF-based modelling), inertial and friction system identification, and payload/external-load estimation. Expert modern C++ for real-time control with Python for analysis and prototyping. Track record of taking control algorithms to production reliability rather than to a paper or a one-off demo, plus demonstrated technical leadership and mentoring. What We Offer Competitive equity: stock options with meaningful upside as we scale. 30+ paid days off, including 23 days of annual leave, all UK bank holidays, and additional company closure days (including Christmas-New Year shutdown). Private healthcare, including virtual and in person care. Pension scheme with 8% total contribution (5% employee, 3% employer) on full earnings. Free daily breakfast, catered lunch, and snacks in office. Work at the frontier - collaborate daily with world class engineers, researchers, and product experts building the next generation of AI and humanoid robotics. Real ownership - direct access to founding leadership, meaningful input on product direction, and the ability to drive key initiatives from day one.
Humanoid is seeking a Staff Robotics Control Engineer in London to lead the evolution of its whole-body control for the Wheeled Alpha platform. You will own the control architecture, coordinate multi-body motion, and push MPC-based approaches while mentoring a team of engineers. You will work within a safety-conscious environment, integrating with hardware teams and defining rigorous performance metrics. The role is full-time and on-site in London, offering equity and comprehensive benefits.
Aug 27, 2026
Full time
Humanoid is seeking a Staff Robotics Control Engineer in London to lead the evolution of its whole-body control for the Wheeled Alpha platform. You will own the control architecture, coordinate multi-body motion, and push MPC-based approaches while mentoring a team of engineers. You will work within a safety-conscious environment, integrating with hardware teams and defining rigorous performance metrics. The role is full-time and on-site in London, offering equity and comprehensive benefits.