Sr/Staff Embedded Software Engineer

What we’re doing isn’t easy but nothing worth doing ever is.

We envision a future powered by robots that work seamlessly with human teams. We build artificial intelligence that enables service robots to collaborate with people and adapt to dynamic human environments. Join our mission-driven venture-backed team as we build out current and future generations of humanoid robots.

As a Sr/Staff Embedded Software Engineer you’ll be responsible for the low-level software that powers our robots’ sensing actuation and compute platforms. You’ll work across sensors actuators and power systems developing firmware and drivers that integrate motors IMUs cameras LIDARs and other hardware into a cohesive robotics platform. This role spans from device firmware to operating system and driver development for primary and peripheral compute devices. This is a hands-on engineering role for someone who thrives on building real systems that bridge hardware and software.

Responsibilities

• Design implement and maintain embedded software and firmware for sensors actuators power units and communication devices.

• Develop device drivers board support packages and OS-level integration for primary and peripheral compute platforms.

• Work with a variety of sensors and actuators including motors IMUs cameras LIDARs depth sensors and communication modules.

• Implement low-level control and communication protocols (e.g. SPI I2C CAN UART Ethernet USB).

• Collaborate with robotics software perception and platform teams to integrate hardware drivers into the broader robotics stack.

• Optimize embedded code for performance reliability and power efficiency.

• Debug hardware/software interactions including timing synchronization and electrical interface issues.

• Support bring-up and testing of new hardware platforms.

• Write and maintain documentation test plans and automated testing for embedded components.

• Stay current on emerging embedded platforms sensors and real-time operating systems relevant to robotics.

Skills and Experience

• 5+ years of experience in embedded systems development (or equivalent with graduate work in robotics/embedded systems).

• Strong proficiency in C and C++ for embedded programming.

• Hands-on experience developing firmware and device drivers for sensors actuators and compute peripherals.

• Experience with real-time operating systems (RTOS) or Linux kernel/driver development.

• Familiarity with low-level communication protocols (SPI I2C CAN UART Ethernet USB).

• Track record of shipping embedded software on robotics autonomous systems or other safety-critical hardware platforms.

• Ability to debug hardware/software issues using tools like oscilloscopes logic analyzers and protocol analyzers.