Robotics Embedded Systems Engineer (Remote/Flexible)

NXTGEN Industries; United States; Remote; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

NXTGEN Industries is seeking a firmware engineer to develop robust embedded software and hardware interfaces for robotic inspection platforms. You will work on control boards, sensor interfaces, and communications modules to ensure reliable operation in demanding field conditions.

You will implement CAN, SPI, I2C, UART, RS-485, and Ethernet interfaces, connect embedded subsystems to ROS 2, and contribute to power management and test setups.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of production embedded firmware development in C/C++.
• Experience with RTOS such as FreeRTOS or Zephyr, or comparable bare-metal patterns.
• Strong understanding of protocols including CAN, SPI, I2C, UART, and RS-485.
• Experience integrating embedded systems with Linux-based compute platforms.
• Ability to read schematics and contribute to hardware design discussions.
• Nice to have robotics/industrial/safety-critical embedded systems experience.

Responsibilities

• Build firmware for robotic control boards, sensor interfaces, and communications modules.
• Develop hardware abstraction layers for sensors, actuators, and power systems.
• Implement interfaces including CAN, SPI, I2C, UART, RS-485, and Ethernet.
• Connect embedded subsystems to autonomy software through ROS 2 hardware interfaces.
• Design and validate power management for extended field operation.
• Support PCB reviews and hardware bring-up, and develop automated and hardware-in-the-loop test setups.

Skills

Embedded firmware

C/C++

RTOS

Linux integration

Hardware interfacing

CAN/SPI/I2C/UART/RS-485

Tools

FreeRTOS

Zephyr

ROS 2

Linux

Job description

NXTGEN Industries is seeking a firmware engineer to develop robust embedded software and hardware interfaces for robotic inspection platforms. You will work on control boards, sensor interfaces, and communications modules to ensure reliable operation in demanding field conditions.

You will implement CAN, SPI, I2C, UART, RS-485, and Ethernet interfaces, connect embedded subsystems to ROS 2, and contribute to power management and test setups.