?We're Hiring: Robotics Engineer (Motion Control)
?Location: Hubli, Karnataka
Experience: 2+ years
Domain: Motion Control | Embedded Firmware | Actuators and Sensors
❗Freshers are not eligible.
❗Candidates must be willing to relocate.
About this role
You will own the motion system of a two-axis, remotely operated, stabilised platform for defence use. That covers the software (control loops and real-time firmware) and the hardware (motors, drives, sensors, harnessing) that keep a payload pointed precisely at a target.
You need working depth in both software and hardware. Core mechanical design is handled by a separate Mechanical Design Engineer.
This is not a ROS demo or simulation-only role. Your code will drive real motors on hardware that goes to field trials.
What you'll be doing
Software
• Design position, velocity and current control loops and IMU-based stabilisation
• Write real-time control firmware in C/C++ on microcontrollers (STM32 or similar)
• Implement operator control modes, travel limits and safety interlocks




• Take low-latency tracking commands from the vision software and close the loop on them

Hardware
• Size and select motors, gearboxes, encoders and brakes against torque, speed, accuracy and weight budgets
• Integrate and commission BLDC/PMSM motor drives, IMU and feedback sensors on a two-axis platform
• Define wiring harnesses, connectors and power distribution for a battery-powered system
• Build test rigs and measure backlash, friction, pointing accuracy and repeatability

System
• Tune the complete system on real hardware for pointing accuracy and smooth tracking
• Support environmental, EMI/EMC and field trials, analyse the logs and fix what they find

Mandatory skills and experience
• 2+ years of hands-on work on robotic or electromechanical products (robotics, gimbals, drones, automation, EV or defence), covering both firmware and hardware

Software
• Embedded C/C++ on microcontrollers, with an RTOS or bare metal
• Control fundamentals:

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