Mechatronics Controls Engineer

Summary

Join a team of passionate and creative engineers dedicated to building technologies that shape the future. One of Apple’s R&D groups is seeking a Robotics Controls Engineer to develop, prototype, and validate complex, next-generation systems. In this role, you will build capabilities to assess the performance of system prototypes and sub-components, developing novel methods, instrumentation, and testing software across mechanisms, sensors, and electronics. We are looking for hands-on, creative individuals eager to push performance boundaries on cutting-edge hardware.

Description

In this role you will partner with robotics and control algorithm developers, mechanical engineers, and power electronics teams to prototype, test, and validate custom control systems for unique applications.

Responsibilities

• Prototype, bring-up, debug and characterize novel control techniques on physical hardware
• Perform rapid integration, tuning, calibration and testing of complex robotic prototypes
• Drive root-cause failure analysis and cross-functional problem solving
• Communicate technical progress and data-driven insights through documentation and presentations

Minimum Qualifications

• MS or PhD in Engineering plus 3+ years of relevant industry experience
• Strong knowledge in classical/modern control theory, robotics, and digital signal processing
• Deep domain expertise in sensor integration and characterization, with an emphasis on IMUs
• Experience in hardware/software integration, bring-up, and physical system debugging
• Proficient in C/C++ and Python or MATLAB
• Experience with modern software development workflows, version control (e.g., Git), and genAI developer productivity tools (e.g., Claude)

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with rapid prototyping using off-the-shelf sensors and MCUs
• Experience with embedded systems testing, analysis and bring-up
• Strong background in experimental data analysis, system telemetry, and physical system introspection
• Background in Field Oriented Control (FOC) for motor drives and actuators
• Familiarity with hardware communication buses and protocols (e.g., CAN, Ethernet, UART, SPI, I2C, BiSS)