Senior Firmware and Embedded Software Engineer
Design and develop real-time embedded software for humanoid robots, focusing on motion control, sensor interfaces, and communication networks, with emphasis on safety and reliability.
- Compensation
- CA$140–CA$180 / yr
- Location
- Canada, Vancouver, BC
- Work setup
- Onsite
- Seniority
- Senior
- Employment
- Not specified
- Experience
- 5+ years
- Category
- Embedded
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- 5+ years of professional experience developing embedded software or firmware for robotics, embedded systems, or real-time hardware platforms
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Robotics, or a related field
- Strong proficiency in C and C++, with experience using Python for testing or tooling
- Solid understanding of embedded systems architecture and hardware-software interfaces
- Experience with real-time operating systems (RTOS)
- Experience working with communication protocols such as EtherNet, EtherCAT, CAN, SPI, UART, or I2C
- Experience integrating sensors, actuators, and motor control systems
- Familiarity with debugging tools such as oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and in-circuit debuggers
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced multidisciplinary engineering environment
Full description
Here at Humanoid, we believe in a future where robots amplify human potential. That’s why we’ve set out on a mission to build the world’s most capable, commercially-scalable, and safe humanoid robots. We’re bringing that mission to life with HMND‑01 - our rapidly developed humanoid platform being deployed in real industrial environments - and we’re growing the team to take it even further.
About the Role
We are looking for an Firmware and Embedded Software Engineer to design and develop the real-time software systems that control our humanoid robots.
You will own the development of embedded software for critical robotic subsystems, including motion control, sensor interfaces, communication networks, and hardware abstraction layers that enable reliable and safe robotic operation.
This role requires strong fundamentals in embedded programming, distributed hard real-time systems, and hardware-software integration, along with experience building robust software for complex electromechanical systems.
You will collaborate closely with mechanical, electrical, and robotics engineers to rapidly prototype, test, and deploy embedded software that powers our robotic platforms.
Your work will directly influence the performance, reliability, and responsiveness of Humanoid’s robots.
What Makes This Role Exciting
- Design and develop embedded systems that control humanoid robots in real time safely
- Solve challenging problems in low-latency motion control, distributed embedded networks, and high-reliability robotic systems with various communication protocols
- Work in a fast-moving hardware environment where software directly interacts with physical machines
- Collaborate with a multidisciplinary robotics team spanning mechanical, electrical, controls, and AI
- See your code deployed in real robots operating in real-world environments.
What You’ll Do
- Develop and implement embedded software for robotic systems, emphasizing hard real-time performance and reliability as well as safety
- Integrate and optimize hardware and software components, including sensors, actuators, and communication modules
- Analyze and make recommendations on implementation paths with trade-offs
- Write and debug firmware for microcontrollers, FPGAs, ASICs, and SoCs
- Implement and manage communication protocols such as EtherCAT, CAN, UART, SPI, and I2C
- Collaborate closely with mechanical and electrical engineers to ensure seamless system integration
- Perform hardware testing, validation, and troubleshooting of embedded systems