Real-Time Embedded Firmware Engineer - Robotics (Contract)

5V Tech

San Francisco (CA)

On-site

USD 207,000 - 276,000

Full time

9 hours ago

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Job summary

5V Tech in San Francisco is seeking an experienced Firmware Engineer specializing in real-time and motor control to join the controls and electronics team on a contract basis.

You will write and debug real-time firmware for motor drives and sensors, collaborate with electrical and mechanical engineers on bench and system tests, and implement control loops, drivers, bootloaders, and safety-related features.

You must be eligible to work in the US to be considered.

Qualifications

5+ years of embedded firmware development in C/C++.
Experience with an RTOS (FreeRTOS, Zephyr or similar) or hard real-time bare-metal work.
Microcontroller experience (STM32, TI C2000, NXP, Infineon or similar).
Motor control, control loops or sensor driver experience.
Shipped firmware to production or a field-tested prototype.

Responsibilities

Develop embedded C/C++ firmware for motor drives, sensor interfaces and system controllers
Implement and tune real-time control loops, including field-oriented control where used
Write drivers and protocol stacks (CAN/CAN FD, EtherCAT, SPI, I2C)
Build bootloaders and firmware update support
Debug on real hardware with scopes, logic analysers and JTAG
Support hardware-in-the-loop and production test
Contribute to safety-related design where the product requires it

Skills

Embedded C/C++

RTOS experience

MCU experience

Real-time control loops

Shipped firmware

Job description

5V Tech in San Francisco is seeking an experienced Firmware Engineer specializing in real-time and motor control to join the controls and electronics team on a contract basis.

You must be eligible to work in the US to be considered.

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