5 months ago
Base Salary
$200k - $300k/yr
Responsibilities
- Deliver production-quality firmware for communication bus, battery charging, or actuator-drive subsystems on prototype and production hardware.
- Own firmware-to-hardware interfaces by defining requirements with hardware architects, surfacing trade-offs, and resolving integration issues.
- Establish diagnostic and telemetry infrastructure for end-of-line validation and long-term field reliability tracking.
- Maintain a well-structured, documented, and scalable firmware codebase across 20+ distributed embedded nodes.
- Debug firmware-hardware failures using lab tools and reason about interrupt timing, DMA conflicts, communication protocols, and hardware fault behavior.
- Implement safety-oriented protection logic, fault detection, and safe-state transitions while collaborating with hardware, electrical, and systems engineers.
Requirements
- At least 5 years of embedded firmware development in C/C++ on real hardware; 7+ years for senior/staff-level positions.
- Hands-on experience with microcontrollers and CAN plus one or more of SPI, I²C, and UART.
- Experience debugging firmware on real hardware with oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, or equivalent tools.
- Preferred domain expertise in distributed real-time communication buses, switched-mode power conversion, lithium-ion battery charging, motor drives, or actuator control.
- Preferred experience with safety-critical or fault-tolerant embedded systems and familiarity with IEC 61508 or ISO 26262.
- Familiarity with FreeRTOS, SafeRTOS, or a similar real-time operating system is preferred.
- Background in robotics, autonomous systems, or complex electromechanical products is preferred.
Benefits
- Salary range of $200,000–$300,000 plus equity.
- Health, dental, and vision insurance.
- 401(k) with company match.
- Paid time off and holidays.
About 1X
1X builds and manufactures humanoid robots designed to perform real-world physical tasks in homes and workplaces, paired with AI-driven control software. The company pursues a hardware-plus-software robotics business model, with development focused on general-purpose manipulation and mobility. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Palo Alto, it is privately held and operates in the robotics, AI, and electronics manufacturing domains, with products including the EVE and NEO humanoid platforms.