Matic

Systems Engineer (Firmware)

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1 year ago
Menlo Park, CA, USAMid Level
H1B sponsor

Base Salary

$120k - $200k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Bring up and support electrical and mechanical hardware changes through device drivers, testing, and coordinated robot behavior updates.
  • Design and improve behavioral logic and controls algorithms for physical robotic systems.
  • Analyze robot logs, motor data, and sensor data to debug hardware failures.
  • Build internal tooling to interface with Matic’s motors and sensors.
  • Collaborate across hardware and software teams using product-focused, systems-level thinking.

Requirements

  • Require 2+ years of industry experience or equivalent experience such as graduate school.
  • Require strong software fundamentals in data structures, control flow, and computer systems.
  • Require deep experience with systems programming languages such as C, C++, or Rust.
  • Require experience with scripting or prototyping languages such as Python.
  • Require experience with microcontrollers such as STM32, PIC, or ESP32.
  • Require knowledge of motors, controls systems, sensors, device drivers, data filtering, electrical fundamentals, and mechanical systems.
  • Require experience building physical projects such as robots, PCBs, or 3D-printed objects.
  • Value multidisciplinary teamwork, leadership experience, broad systems thinking, meticulousness, organization, and attention to edge cases and testing.
  • Nice-to-have qualifications include robotics exposure in computer vision, machine learning, path planning, or SLAM, along with a friendly, team-first personality.

Benefits

  • Base salary is $120,000–$200,000, with additional discretionary equity eligibility.
  • Benefits include medical, dental, and vision coverage and access to a 401(k) plan.

Tech Stack

Categories

EmbeddedRobotics
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About Matic

51-200 employees

Matic builds autonomous home robots, with a flagship floor-cleaning robot that uses cameras, on-device AI, and 3D mapping to navigate and clean real homes. The privately held company sells consumer robotics hardware and companion software, including a mobile app for setup and support. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Mountain View, California, it raised a Series A in 2023.

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