Senior Embedded Software Engineer

Vicarious Surgical is hiring a Senior Embedded Software Engineer to join our team in Waltham, MA. As a Senior Embedded Software Engineer, you will take ownership of much of the firmware that runs our robotic device. You will work closely alongside software and electrical engineers to specify and design solutions to complex real-world problems. As a senior contributor, you will have a large impact on the architecture and direction of our embedded systems.

Vicarious Surgical is a next generation robotics company developing a disruptive technology with the goal of increasing the efficiency of surgical procedure, improving patient outcomes and reducing healthcare costs.

This is a terrific opportunity for an experienced Embedded Software Engineering professional to join our company at a very exciting time and be a key member of a team of mission-driven and kind individuals with diverse experiences to lead Vicarious into its next phase of hyper-growth and market disruption.  

Responsibilities:

• Performing formal and informal verification of printed circuit boards (PCBs) for design confirmation in the phases of development.  Confirming circuit and peripheral functionality to specs (performance, noise, etc)
• Specifying, designing, and building firmware driving sensing and actuation for complex robotic systems
• Working closely with electrical and software engineers to nail down specifications and develop coherent interfaces
• Provide diagnostic software, tools, and instruction to different groups.  Electrical engineers (PCB designers) will use them to enable their continued board verification.  Embedded and integration engineers will use them for debugging and troubleshooting.
• C/C++ development on ARM platforms with RTOS
• Follow medical device software lifecycle process (ISO 62304 compliance)

About You

• 5+ years of experience programming embedded systems in C/C++
• Comfortable with Python
• Excited to dive in and debug low-level code
• Strong working knowledge of common communication interfaces (SPI, I2C, CANBUS, TCP/IP, etc)
• Love to work in a fast-paced development environment
• Are constantly looking to optimize and improve systems and infrastructure (even beyond what you're immediately working on)
• Happy to work as part of a cross-functional team, as well as independently

Nice To Have 

• Development of Real-Time operating systems (RTOS)
• Medical device experience
• Robotic systems experience
• Experience with coding standards such as MISRA C/C++
• Hardware development experience
• Linux development experience

Together, we share a love for learning and we are passionate teachers.  As a company, we set ambitious goals and individually, we share in that ambition. At the office, we enjoy each other’s company during monthly social, catered lunches and company celebrations.

Please note that at Vicarious Surgical, we follow COVID-19 safety protocol, which may include compliance with vaccination, testing and masking requirements.