Senior Autonomy Controls Engineer – Learning-Based Control

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Teleo, a Havoc company, is a robotics company that transforms construction heavy equipment, including loaders, dozers, excavators, and trucks,

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OtherAutonomy Controls Engineer

Teleo, a Havoc company, is a robotics company that transforms construction heavy equipment, including loaders, dozers, excavators, and trucks, into autonomous robots for commercial and defense applications. Our technology enables a single operator to supervise and control multiple machines simultaneously, delivering significant productivity gains while improving operator safety and comfort.

Teleo was founded by a team of experienced technology leaders who previously led the development of Lyft's Self-Driving Car program and Google Street View. Teleo recently announced its merger with Havoc AI, a fast-growing defense technology company developing coordinated fleets of autonomous maritime vessels.

This is a unique opportunity to join a team building technology with real-world impact. You will work on cutting-edge 100,000-pound autonomous robots and engineer complex systems at the intersection of hardware, software, robotics, and AI.

About the Role

Own the transition from manually tuned MPC-based vehicle control to learning-driven control policies that adapt across vehicles with minimal human intervention, while maintaining safety and interpretability.

Design and implement learning-based control approaches (imitation learning, reinforcement learning, hybrid MPC + learning)

Reduce dependence on hand-tuned control parameters through data-driven methods

Integrate learned controllers into the existing vehicle control stack safely and incrementally

Define interfaces between classical control (MPC, PID, state estimation) and learning-based components

Work closely with the Principal Controls Engineer to translate classical control insights into learning-friendly formulations

Establish validation criteria for learned control policies before real-vehicle deployment

Strong software engineering skills in C, C++, or Python (production-quality code)

Deep understanding of modern robotics control systems

Experience with learning-based control or policy optimization for real-world systems

Comfort working close to hardware and real-time constraints

Reinforcement learning or imitation learning for control

Model-based RL, residual learning, or hybrid MPC architectures