Senior Firmware Engineer (Robotics)

TL;DR

Senior Firmware Engineer (Robotics): Architecting, designing, implementing, and testing firmware for critical humanoid robot components with an accent on motor controllers, battery management systems, and sensing hardware. Focus on developing low-level software for bare-metal systems and RTOS, defining code reuse strategies, and contributing to CI/CD infrastructure.

Location: Requires 5 days/week in-office collaboration in San Jose, CA.

Salary: $160,000–$250,000 annually.

Company

hirify.global is an AI Robotics company developing a general purpose humanoid robot.

What you will do

• Architect, design, implement, and test firmware in C or C++ for critical components such as motor controllers, battery management systems, and sensing hardware.
• Define a strategy to facilitate reuse of the code base and tools used to develop firmware on different hardware platforms.
• Develop Python tools to support test automation or hardware calibration.
• Contribute to the development of our Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) infrastructure.
• Support hardware/software integration in the lab.

Requirements

• 5+ years of engineering experience.
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or related field.
• Mastery of C, C++, Python, and Linux.
• Experience implementing low-level software on bare-metal systems and RTOS.
• Good knowledge of computer architecture.
• Deep understanding of communication buses and protocols like Ethernet, Ethercat, Serial, CAN, or USB.
• Comfortable using lab instruments (Oscilloscopes, logic analyzers) and debugging tools (Lauterbach).

Nice to have

• Experience with motor controllers or battery management systems.
• Experience implementing CI/CD infrastructures.
• Familiar with Agile and Test driven development.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative in-office environment focused on building humanoid robots.
• Competitive US base salary package.