The Role
The Firmware Engineer will design, implement, and test firmware for critical components of a humanoid robot. Responsibilities include architecting firmware in C or C++, developing tools in Python for automation, and supporting hardware/software integration while contributing to CI/CD infrastructure.
Summary Generated by Built In
Figure is an AI Robotics company developing a general purpose humanoid. Our Humanoid is designed for corporate tasks targeting labor shortages and jobs that are undesirable or unsafe. We are based in Sunnyvale, CA and require 5 days/week in-office collaboration.
We are looking for a Firmware Engineer to design, implement and test firmware for critical components of our Humanoid.
Responsibilities:
- 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…)
Bonus Qualifications:
- Experience with motor controllers or battery management systems
- Experience implementing CI/CD infrastructures
- Familiar with Agile and Test driven development
Top Skills
C
C++
Python
The Company
What We Do
Figure is an AI Robotics company building the world's first commercially viable autonomous humanoid robot. We are based in Sunnyvale, CA.
