Senior Firmware and Embedded Software Engineer
UK-based AI and robotics company building commercially scalable humanoid robots for industrial deployment.
Funding history
About Humanoid
Humanoid develops industrial humanoid robots and its proprietary KinetIQ AI framework for real-world tasks across manufacturing, logistics, and related environments.
Skills
Candidate Availability
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About the Role
You will develop reliable, safety-focused embedded software for robotic subsystems. You will integrate sensors, actuators, and communication modules; write and debug firmware; implement communication protocols and low-level drivers; test and troubleshoot hardware; optimize system performance; document architecture and test results; and own components through deployment.
Requirements
- 5+ years of professional embedded software or firmware development experience
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Robotics, or a related field
- Proficiency in C and C++ and experience using Python for testing or tooling
- Understanding of embedded systems architecture and hardware-software interfaces
- Experience with real-time operating systems
- Experience with EtherNet, EtherCAT, CAN, SPI, UART, or I2C
- Experience integrating sensors, actuators, and motor control systems
- Familiarity with oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and in-circuit debuggers
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
Responsibilities
- Develop embedded software for robotic systems with hard real-time performance, reliability, and safety
- Integrate and optimize sensors, actuators, and communication modules
- Analyze implementation paths and trade-offs
- Write and debug firmware for microcontrollers, FPGAs, ASICs, and SoCs
- Implement and manage EtherCAT, CAN, UART, SPI, and I2C protocols
- Integrate systems with mechanical and electrical engineering
- Test, validate, and troubleshoot embedded systems
- Optimize performance and efficiency within system constraints
- Develop low-level drivers and interfaces for sensors, motors, and control electronics
- Maintain architecture, code, and test documentation
- Own embedded software components through deployment
Benefits
- Fully paid medical and dental coverage
- Virtual care and employee and family assistance
- Worldwide emergency medical support
- 23 days of accrued annual leave
- 15 days of paid sick leave
- Paid company holidays
- Equity
- Free daily catered lunch, snacks, and drinks