Firmware Engineering Intern
Figure is an AI robotics company developing general-purpose humanoid robots, embodied AI, and data-collection services for home and commercial use.
Funding history
About Figure
Figure develops the Figure 03 humanoid robot and Helix, its vision-language-action AI system, to autonomously perform household and commercial tasks. It also operates Index, a contributor network and app for collecting real-world task data.
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Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will design, implement, and test C and C++ firmware for critical robot components. You will develop Python tools for test automation or calibration, contribute to CI/CD infrastructure, and support hardware-software integration and testing in the lab.
Requirements
- Senior undergraduate student or recent graduate in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field
- Availability for a minimum 10-week internship, with one to two terms preferred
- Fluency in C, C++, and Python
- Experience implementing low-level software on bare-metal systems and RTOS
- Knowledge of computer architecture
- Understanding of Ethernet, Ethercat, Serial, CAN, or USB communication protocols
- Comfort using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and in-circuit debugging tools
- Experience with motor controllers or battery management systems
- Experience taking projects from conception to fleet-wide rollout
Responsibilities
- Design, implement, and test C or C++ firmware for motor controllers, battery management systems, and sensing hardware
- Develop Python tools for test automation or hardware calibration
- Contribute to CI/CD infrastructure
- Support hardware-software integration in the lab