Mid-level to Sr. Firmware / Embedded Software Engineer - Autonomous Robotics

Skyrocket Ventures; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 235,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

RSUs

Job summary

Skyrocket Ventures seeks a mid-level to senior Firmware/Embedded Software Engineer to advance autonomous robotics initiatives in San Francisco. You will develop and bring up firmware for ARM-based microcontrollers powering delivery drones, with a strong emphasis on safety, reliability, and cross-disciplinary collaboration.

You will own low-level firmware, work with RTOS or bare-metal systems, and partner with electrical engineers on hardware bring-up and system integration, while enjoying a

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering.
• Minimum 2 years of hands-on embedded systems experience.
• Expertise in bare-metal programming on ARM MCUs.
• Proficiency in C and C++ for embedded targets.
• Experience with hardware bring-up and low-level debugging on custom boards.
• Understanding of digital electronics and embedded peripherals.
• Strong system-level thinking and ownership across development cycles.

Responsibilities

• Development and bring-up of ARM-based microcontroller platforms across robotics products; high ownership of low-level firmware.
• Design, implement, and validate firmware for motion control, sensors, communications, power management, and safety-critical functionality.
• Hands-on board bring-up and cross-disciplinary collaboration with EE and systems engineers.
• Firmware bring-up for new embedded platforms (ARM Cortex-M).
• Develop and maintain bare-metal and RTOS-based firmware for subsystems (motor control, sensors, telemetry, power).
• Write and maintain robust C/C++ code for embedded targets.
• Collaborate with electrical engineering on hardware bring-up, schematic review, and integration.
• Lead system bring-up, validation, and debug.
• Contribute to firmware safety, reliability, and system-level robustness.

Skills

Embedded systems

ARM Cortex-M

C/C++

Bare-metal programming

Low-level debugging

Firmware design

System ownership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering

Tools

FreeRTOS

Zephyr

Embedded Linux

Job description

Mid-level to Sr. Firmware / Embedded Software Engineer - Autonomous Robotics

San Francisco, CA (you can work from home up to 2x/week)

The team builds small, lightweight autonomous delivery drones with safety-first hardware designed to operate around people and everyday urban infrastructure. The work has a positive impact on the sustainability, access, and cost of everyday necessities.

You would be joining an elite group of about 60 people and 20 engineers inside a much larger public company. This org operates as a small, fast-moving hardware innovation lab: minimal bureaucracy, real build/test cycles, and ownership of systems that ship and operate at a very large scale.

The company has a compensation range based on experience, with salary of $180k-$235k, plus RSUs translating into total first year compensation of $300k-385k.

Job Responsibilities:

• - Development and bring-up of ARM-based microcontroller platforms across our robotics products. This is a high-ownership role, directly responsible for building the low-level firmware that powers our platforms
• - Designing, implementing, and validating firmware for motion control, sensor integration, communications, power management, and safety-critical functionality.
• - This role comes with a strong expectation of hands-on board bring-up, low-level debugging, and cross-disciplinary collaboration with electrical and systems engineers.
• - Firmware bring-up and integration for new embedded platforms (e.g. ARM Cortex-M series).
• - Developing and maintaining bare-metal firmware and RTOS-based applications for robotic subsystems (motor control, sensors, telemetry, power systems).
• - Writing and maintaining robust, maintainable, and well-documented C/C++ code for embedded targets.
• - Collaborating with the electrical engineering team on hardware bring-up, schematic review, and system integration.
• - Leading system bringup, validation, and debug
• - Contributing to firmware safety, reliability, and system-level robustness.

Qualifications:

• - A Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or similar.
• - At least 2 years of hands-on experience in embedded systems development.
• - Expertise in bare-metal programming on ARM microcontrollers.
• - Expertise with C, and proficiency with C++ for embedded targets and firmware design patterns.
• - Experience with hardware bring-up and low-level debugging on custom boards.
• - Understanding of digital electronics, buses (I2C, SPI, UART, CAN), and embedded peripherals.
• - Strong system-level thinking, with an ability to work independently and take ownership across the full development cycle.

Nice to have:

• - Experience with RTOS (e.g., FreeRTOS, Zephyr) or Embedded Linux on constrained systems.
• - Familiarity with motor control, power systems, or battery management in robotics or automotive contexts.
• - Experience working closely with hardware teams, reading schematics, and performing board-level debug.
• - Familiarity with safety-critical systems, watchdogs, and fault handling.
• - Comfortable working in fast-paced, high-ownership engineering environments like those found in startups or advanced R&D teams.

This opportunity is with one of our client companies for a full-time permanent hire. Please only apply if you are authorized to work in the U.S.