Motor Controls Firmware Engineer

Posted 13 Days Ago
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Sunnyvale, CA
5-7 Years Experience
Artificial Intelligence • Robotics • Automation • Manufacturing
The Role
Design, implement, and test firmware for motor controllers used by actuators in an AI Robotics company. Collaborate with hardware and control teams, develop Python tools, and support hardware/software integration.
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 the motor controllers used by all our actuators.

  • Architect, design, implement and test firmware in C++ for motor controllers
  • Work closely with the hardware team to define hardware requirements and hardware/software interfaces
  • Work closely with the control team on motor control algorithms and functional interfaces
  • Develop Python tools to support test automation or hardware calibration
  • Support hardware/software integration in the lab

  • Bachelor or Master degree in Computer Science or related field
  • At least 5 years of industry experience
  • Mastery of C++ and Python
  • Hands-on experience developing firmware to control Brushless Direct Current (BLDC) motors, including Field Oriented Control (FOC)
  • Experience implementing low level software on bare-metal systems and RTOS
  • Deep understanding of communication buses and protocols like Ethernet, Ethercat, Serial, SPI and I2C
  • Good understanding of digital signal processing techniques such as FIR, IIR and FFT
  • Comfortable using lab instruments (Oscilloscopes, logic analyzers…) and debugging tools (Lauterbach…)


  • Experience developing safety firmware compliant with IEC 61508 or ISO 26262
  • Experience with Bazel build systems
  • Familiar with Agile and Test driven development.


Top Skills

C++,Python
The Company
86 Employees
On-site Workplace
Year Founded: 2022

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.

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