Robotics Actuator Firmware Engineer - Real-Time Control

Socket.dev; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Weave seeks an Actuator Firmware Engineer to build the firmware powering our robot actuators. You will design a robust, realtime and modular firmware stack and develop a low-level control system that translates motion commands into precise, safe behavior.

You'll collaborate with electrical, mechanical, and ML engineers and integrate firmware with our custom hardware. You'll contribute to high-performance motor control, enable safe, reliable operation in production robots, and help bring home

Qualifications

• 2+ years developing control software for real-time systems and firmware architecture.
• Deep understanding of embedded systems and prototype hardware.
• Experience with real-time constraints and low-level peripherals.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain motor control firmware for prototypes to production.
• Implement and tune hierarchical control systems with nested feedback loops.
• Architect high-performance firmware meeting timing and safety needs.
• Debug motor controllers, sensors, and embedded systems with electrical engineers.
• Build pipelines for encoder calibration, sensing, filtering, and synchronization.

Skills

Real-time control software

Firmware architecture

Microcontrollers

Embedded systems

Motor control theory

Sensor interfacing (SPI/I2C)

CAN/CAN FD, RS-485, EtherCAT

Hardware abstraction layers

Rust (plus)

Tools

SPI/I2C interfaces

RS-485

CAN/CAN FD

EtherCAT

Job description

Weave seeks an Actuator Firmware Engineer to build the firmware powering our robot actuators. You will design a robust, realtime and modular firmware stack and develop a low-level control system that translates motion commands into precise, safe behavior.

You'll collaborate with electrical, mechanical, and ML engineers and integrate firmware with our custom hardware. You'll contribute to high-performance motor control, enable safe, reliable operation in production robots, and help bring home