Ramp quickly across unfamiliar domains — networking and WiFi, security, navigation, obstacle detection, motor control, functional-safety-related control, and diverse sensors — and go deep where the problem demands it.
A day in the life
As a Senior Embedded Software Engineer, you'll work with cross-functional teams to design, develop, test, and debug modern robotic systems. Your day spans design discussions and brainstorming novel approaches to the hardest robotics problems, implementing new product concepts and features, and shifting between bare-metal/real-time OS (RTOS) code code and Linux kernel-level work as the problem demands. Testing ranges from writing automated tests that validate new features to hands-on bench and live testing to reproduce and root-cause failures — whether they surface in the firmware, in the kernel, or in the board itself.
5+ years of programming with at least one software programming language experience
5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
5+ years of leading design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related fields
Experience in embedded development in C/C++
Knowledge of computer architecture, operating systems, and parallel computing
Experience with hardware/software integration and real-time systems
Experience identifying bugs in architecture, algorithms, functionality, and performance with strong overall debugging skills
Proficient in RTOS firmware development (e.g., FreeRTOS, Zephyr, RT Linux, Micrium) and/or hands-on Embedded Linux experience, including Linux kernel module and device-driver development on multicore systems
5+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience
Master's degree or above in computer science, computer engineering, or related field, or Master's degree
6+ years of robotics system components and controls experience
Strong proficiency in C/C++ required; Rust or Python a plus.
Experience on both sides of the stack – firmware development for RTOS and Linux kernel/drivers
Experience developing firmware for closed-loop feedback control algorithms with hard real-time system constraints or firmware for digital signal processing
Experience with DSP and/or FPGA-based development
Experience with Embedded Linux platform bring-up
Comfortable assembling embedded Linux images with a build system such as Yocto or Buildroot
Performed low-level board bring-up, developed HAL code, BSPs, device trees, or bootloaders for custom hardware, including interrupt/ISR handling, and debugged bare-metal firmware over JTAG.
Worked on multi-processor board designs e.g. MCUs, MPUs, GPUs, NPUs, DSPs, FPGAs, coordinating over Inter-Processor Comms (IPC), DMA, shared memory, or on-chip fabric.
Experience with real-time fieldbus/motion protocols such as EtherCAT, CAN, or similar.
Exposure to networking, communications systems, and data security
Understanding of RF and wireless communications, especially 802.11
Hands-on development with sensors such as cameras, radar, lidar, IMU, 3D ToF, or other vision/perception systems
Experience with functional safety and developing safety-certified systems, especially with IEC 61508
Shipped embedded software in a demanding physical-product domain – robotics, industrial automation, automotive, medical, or comparable
Experience handling and analyzing large data sets and with AWS
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USA, MA, N.Reading - 168,100.00 - 227,400.00 USD annually
