Firmware and Embedded Software Engineer (Robotics)

Location: On-site in Vancouver, Canada

Salary: $140–$180 CAD per year

Company

hirify.global develops commercially scalable and safe hirify.global robots, including the HMND-01 Alpha platform used in industrial pilots.

What you will do

• Design and develop embedded software for real-time control of hirify.global robot subsystems.
• Build motion-control systems, sensor interfaces, communication networks, hardware abstraction layers, and low-level drivers.
• Write and debug firmware for microcontrollers, FPGAs, ASICs, and SoCs.
• Integrate and optimize sensors, actuators, motors, and communication modules.
• Implement and manage EtherCAT, CAN, UART, SPI, and I2C communication protocols.
• Test, validate, troubleshoot, document, and own embedded software from concept through deployment.

Requirements

• 5+ years of professional experience developing embedded software or firmware for robotics, embedded systems, or real-time hardware platforms.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Robotics, or a related field.
• Strong proficiency in C and C++, with Python experience for testing or tooling.
• Strong understanding of embedded architecture, hardware-software interfaces, RTOS, and real-time performance.
• Experience with communication protocols including EtherNet, EtherCAT, CAN, SPI, UART, or I2C, as well as sensors, actuators, and motor-control systems.
• Ability to debug and validate hardware using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and in-circuit debuggers in a multidisciplinary engineering environment.

Nice to have

• Experience with ROS or ROS2, FPGA or SoC development, and distributed robotic control systems.
• Experience with EtherCAT-based motor drivers and real-time control networks.
• Experience developing safety-critical or high-reliability embedded systems.
• Familiarity with agile development methodologies.

Culture & Benefits

• Fully paid medical and dental coverage, virtual care, employee and family assistance, and worldwide emergency medical support from the first day.
• 23 days of accrued annual leave, 15 days of paid sick leave, and paid company holidays.
• Equity participation.
• Daily catered lunch, snacks, and drinks in the office.
• Collaboration with engineers, researchers, and product experts in AI and robotics.
• Opportunity to influence the product and own key initiatives.