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Responsibilities
- Develop, deploy, and maintain firmware for dexterous robot hands, including motor control, sensor I/O, and real-time communications.
- Implement current, position, and torque control for the small motors driving the hands.
- Develop firmware for distributed embedded networks connecting multiple microcontrollers.
- Build and execute Hardware-in-the-Loop and Software-in-the-Loop tests for performance, safety, and reliability.
- Support firmware quality, telemetry, diagnostics, field performance, and root-cause analysis for deployed fleets.
- Bring up hand hardware and collaborate with mechanical, electrical, and systems engineers from prototype through production.
- Participate in code reviews, design reviews, pair debugging, and discussions about tooling, processes, and firmware patterns.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or equivalent practical experience; a master’s degree focused on controls, motor drives, or embedded systems is valued.
- 0–2 years of relevant embedded software experience, including internships, co-ops, research, or significant academic or personal projects.
- Working proficiency in C/C++ and familiarity with Python, Docker, and Git.
- Exposure to resource-constrained embedded hardware and real-time embedded firmware concepts.
- Familiarity with BLDC motor control, distributed embedded networks, and embedded communication protocols including SPI, UART, RS485, and CAN.
- Experience deploying firmware to embedded devices through internships, projects, or coursework.
- Hardware debugging skills using oscilloscopes and logic analyzers, plus the ability to interpret electrical schematics and hardware datasheets.
- Ability to collaborate with mechanical engineers on integrated electromechanical assemblies.
- Experience with humanoid robotics, prosthetics, dexterous manipulation, compact electromechanical systems, EtherCAT, TI C2000 microcontrollers, safety-critical standards, tactile or force sensors, MATLAB/Simulink, firmware tooling, build systems, or developer infrastructure is valued.
About Apptronik
Apptronik designs and manufactures AI-enabled humanoid robots, led by its Apollo platform, to automate tasks alongside people in manufacturing and logistics, with potential use in healthcare and homes. The privately held company is headquartered in Austin, Texas, and grew out of the University of Texas at Austin’s Human Centered Robotics Lab; its team previously worked on NASA’s Valkyrie robot. Apptronik’s business model centers on selling robots and the software and services needed to deploy them in industrial environments.