The Role
Design, implement, and test firmware for critical components of an AI Robotics Humanoid, including motor controllers, battery management systems, and sensing hardware. Develop Python tools for automation and support CI/CD infrastructure. Collaborate on hardware/software integration in the lab.
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.
- 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
- 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…)
- 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.
