Software Embedded Engineer (Robotics)

Location: Genoa, Italy

Company

hirify.global is a deep-tech startup building humanoid robot platforms and wearable sensing technologies for human-centered Physical AI.

What you will do

• Design, implement, and maintain production firmware in C and C++ for microcontroller-based systems and wearable devices.
• Develop sensor interfaces and acquisition pipelines for IMUs and other sensors, including sampling, calibration, synchronization, timestamping, and data-quality management.
• Build real-time embedded architectures with RTOS frameworks, task scheduling, interrupts, synchronization, and inter-task communication.
• Develop peripheral drivers, hardware abstraction layers, and low-latency wireless communication using BLE and Wi-Fi.
• Debug and validate firmware on physical devices using JTAG/SWD debuggers, oscilloscopes, and logic analyzers.
• Collaborate with electronics, mechanical, hardware, software, AI, and product engineers on interfaces, integration, testing, CI, and reliability.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
• 1+ years of professional embedded software development experience.
• Strong C and C++ experience with microcontrollers and resource-constrained systems.
• Hands-on RTOS experience, including scheduling, synchronization, interrupts, and inter-task communication.
• Experience with device drivers, hardware abstraction layers, embedded interfaces including I2C, SPI, UART, USB, and CAN, and sensor integration.
• Good written and verbal communication skills in English; availability to travel nationally and internationally.

Nice to have

• Experience with wearable devices, motion tracking, IMUs, magnetometers, pressure sensors, EMG, or physiological sensing.
• Knowledge of sensor fusion, orientation estimation, motion tracking, low-power systems, and battery optimization.
• Familiarity with ARM Cortex-M, Zephyr, FreeRTOS, bootloaders, firmware updates, OTA solutions, and embedded security.
• Knowledge of Python for testing, device automation, analysis, or engineering tooling.

Culture & Benefits

• Work on wearable technologies spanning embedded systems, sensing, biomechanics, robotics, and AI.
• Direct involvement in product development from concept to deployment.
• Collaboration across multidisciplinary hardware, software, AI, and product teams.
• Competitive salary and benefits package under CCNL Metalmeccanico.
• Flexible, meritocratic startup environment focused on innovation and technical excellence.