Seeking a Senior Embedded Systems Engineer with 5+ years of experience to own the firmware and embedded software stack for general-purpose robots. This role sits at the intersection of hardware and software, developing motor control firmware, sensor interfaces, real-time communication infrastructure, and reliable embedded systems. High-ownership position helping define how the platform scales from lab prototype to deployed fleet.
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop motor control firmware, sensor drivers, communication protocols, and hardware abstraction layers for general-purpose robots
- Own hardware bring-up including writing low-level peripheral drivers, validating new PCBs, and debugging firmware/hardware boundary issues
- Implement and optimize motor control algorithms (torque, velocity, position loops) on bare-metal and RTOS platforms
- Develop and maintain real-time communication stacks (EtherCAT, CAN, SPI, I2C, UART)
- Contribute to firmware safety architecture, establish coding standards, and build CI/CD and hardware-in-the-loop test infrastructure
5+ years of experience in embedded firmware development in C/C++ with production-deployed product experience
Motor control firmware or actuator firmware experience (FOC, torque control, or similar on bare-metal/RTOS)
Industry experience in robotics, automotive, industrial automation, or consumer electronics
Experience scaling firmware from prototype to production deployment
Strong C/C++ for bare-metal and RTOS environments (ARM Cortex-M, TI C2000, or similar MCU families)
Communication protocols at driver level: EtherCAT, CAN, SPI, I2C, UART
Hardware bring-up experience: JTAG, oscilloscopes, logic analyzers