Robotics Controls Engineer

MISO develops technology that elevates human lives in the commercial kitchen.

We’re engineering production-ready robotic systems that tightly integrate perception, real-time decision making, and electromechanical controls to automate the most dangerous, least desirable tasks in food preparation. That means building software that understands the physical world as it actually behaves, and hardware that can execute precisely in the face of chaos. Success is measured in uptime, throughput, and trust from our customers, not demos.

Our flagship platform, Flippy, is already operating in high-volume restaurant kitchens across seven states. Zippy, our Kitchen Intelligence software centralizes all operational data in our broader ecosystem, expanding the role of AI enabled autonomy in real-world operations. Backed by industry leaders, including Ecolab (NYSE: ECL), Miso combines the stability of a proven commercial product with the technical depth and ambition of a company passionately innovating to solve foundational problems in robotics and restaurant operations.

If you’re excited by hard constraints, real customers, and the challenge of making software and machines perform reliably where failure isn’t an option, you’ll find meaningful problems to work on here.

The Role

Miso Robotics is building kitchen robots that operate in the real world, every day, at scale. As a Robotics Controls Engineer, you will design, develop, and improve the motion control systems behind Miso Robotics’ Flippy robotic arm while helping build the next generation of automated cooking robots.

You’ll work on precise and reliable robot motion, including trajectory planning, control algorithms, sensor feedback, simulation, and real-world performance. Your code will move a 6-DOF robot that's cooking food for real customers. You’ll take ideas from simulation and prototyping through testing, debugging, and deployment on real hardware, working closely with mechanical, electrical, perception, and software engineers to turn robotics R&D into robust, production-ready systems.

This role is a strong fit for an early-career engineer who wants to work hands-on with robots and grow quickly across controls, motion planning, system integration, and deployment. We’re looking for someone with a strong engineering foundation, a startup mindset, and a drive to push the capabilities of robotic automation. You’ll work onsite in Miso’s Pasadena Robotics lab.

What You’ll Do

• Develop and improve motion behaviors for a 6-DOF robotic arm mounted on a linear axis, including end-effector and gripper control.
• Develop kinematic and dynamic models of the robotic arm, including forward/inverse kinematics, Jacobians, and gravity/force compensation.
• Implement trajectory generation and motion planning for smooth, precise, and collision-free robot motion.