Firmware Engineer – Wearable Sensing & Wireless Systems

Proception Inc.; Palo Alto (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Meaningful equity

Job summary

Proception Inc. is seeking a Firmware Engineer for Wearable Sensing & Wireless Systems to own the embedded stack, from sensor acquisition to real-time processing and low-latency wireless streaming.

You will optimize power, integrate diverse sensors, and collaborate across hardware, RF, and AI teams to deliver teleoperation-ready wearables. The role covers design, implementation, validation, and deployment of wearable firmware with attention to battery life, form-factor constraints, and system

Qualifications

• BS/MS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Robotics, or related fields
• Strong Rust (Embassy) and C/C++ experience in embedded firmware development
• Hands-on experience with low-power microcontrollers and SoCs (STM32, nRF52, ESP32, RP2040, or similar)
• Experience building wearable sensing pipelines using ADCs, SPI/I2C sensors, and DMA
• Understanding of digital signal processing for wearable signals: filtering, drift compensation, calibration, and sensor fusion
• Experience with BLE, Wi-Fi, or proprietary low-latency RF links
• Familiarity with power-aware firmware design: sleep states, duty cycling, latency vs. power tradeoffs
• Comfortable using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, RF sniffers, and JTAG/SWD debuggers
• Experience with strain gauges, FSRs, IMUs, flex sensors, or soft/tactile wearable sensors
• Experience implementing BLE GATT services, custom wireless protocols, or streaming telemetry
• Familiarity with antenna constraints, RF coexistence, and wearable form-factor limitations
• Experience with sensor calibration tools, factory test flows, or per-device compensation
• Exposure to XR, motion capture, haptics, or human-in-the-loop sensing systems

Responsibilities

• Design and implement firmware for wearable sensing systems including data gloves and on-body sensor modules
• Build robust, low-latency sensor acquisition and processing pipelines for motion and tactile signals
• Implement wireless streaming of high-rate sensor data to host systems with tight latency constraints
• Optimize firmware for battery life, thermal limits, and comfort in always-on wearable devices
• Develop calibration, pairing, and provisioning flows for wearable devices
• Support bring-up and validation of new wearable PCBs, sensors, batteries, and radio designs
• Collaborate with mechanical, RF, and industrial design teams to meet wearable constraints
• Work closely with teleoperation, controls, and ML teams to align sensing outputs with system needs
• Access to advanced labs, custom glove prototypes, and in-house robotic platforms
• Competitive salary and meaningful equity

Job description

Firmware Engineer – Wearable Sensing & Wireless Systems

Join our wearable systems team to build high-performance sensing and wireless firmware for data gloves and on-body robotic interfaces. You will own the full embedded stack—from analog sensor acquisition and real-time signal processing to low-latency wireless streaming—enabling precise teleoperation, tactile feedback, and learning-based dexterous manipulation.

Requirements

• 01 Pursuing or completed BS/MS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Robotics, or related fields
• 02 Strong Rust (Embassy) and C/C++ experience in embedded firmware development
• 03 Hands‑on experience with low‑power microcontrollers and SoCs (STM32, nRF52, ESP32, RP2040, or similar)
• 04 Experience building wearable sensing pipelines using ADCs, SPI/I2C sensors, and DMA
• 05 Understanding of digital signal processing for wearable signals: filtering, drift compensation, calibration, and sensor fusion
• 06 Experience with wireless protocols such as BLE, Wi‑Fi, or proprietary low‑latency RF links
• 07 Familiarity with power‑aware firmware design: sleep states, duty cycling, latency vs. power tradeoffs
• 08 Comfortable using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, RF sniffers, and JTAG/SWD debuggers
• 09 (+) Experience with strain gauges, FSRs, IMUs, flex sensors, or soft/tactile wearable sensors
• 10 (+) Experience implementing BLE GATT services, custom wireless protocols, or streaming telemetry
• 11 (+) Familiarity with antenna constraints, RF coexistence, and wearable form‑factor limitations
• 12 (+) Experience with sensor calibration tools, factory test flows, or per-device compensation
• 13 (+) Exposure to XR, motion capture, haptics, or human‑in‑the‑loop sensing systems

Details & responsibilities

• 01 Design and implement firmware for wearable sensing systems including data gloves and on‑body sensor modules
• 02 Build robust, low‑latency sensor acquisition and processing pipelines for motion and tactile signals
• 03 Implement wireless streaming of high‑rate sensor data to host systems with tight latency constraints
• 04 Optimize firmware for battery life, thermal limits, and comfort in always‑on wearable devices
• 05 Develop calibration, pairing, and provisioning flows for wearable devices
• 06 Support bring‑up and validation of new wearable PCBs, sensors, batteries, and radio designs
• 07 Collaborate with mechanical, RF, and industrial design teams to meet wearable constraints
• 08 Work closely with teleoperation, controls, and ML teams to align sensing outputs with system needs
• 01 Own the wearable sensing and wireless stack for next‑generation robotic teleoperation systems
• 02 Work at the intersection of human sensing, robotics, and real‑time systems
• 03 Collaborate with experts in robotics, embedded systems, and AI‑driven manipulation
• 04 Access to advanced labs, custom glove prototypes, and in‑house robotic platforms
• 05 Competitive salary and meaningful equity