Robotics Firmware Engineer - On-Site, Bay Area, Equity

HFBAC - Hiring For and Building Awesome Companies; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 270,000 - 330,000; Full time

Job summary

HFBAC - Hiring For and Building Awesome Companies is seeking a Firmware / Embedded Systems Engineer for Robotics in the Bay Area. On-site role focusing on firmware for robotics hardware, including BLDC motor control and real-time systems.

You will work directly with founders, bring up PCBA hardware, and integrate firmware with ROS/DDS to enable seamless robot communication. 3–10 years of embedded experience and a degree in EE/Robotics are preferred.

Qualifications

• 3–10 years of firmware or embedded experience in C/C++ for motor control or robotics
• Hands-on BLDC motor control experience, including FOC and PWM
• Real-time embedded experience and comfort with low-level protocols
• A degree in electrical engineering, robotics or mechatronics
• You’re comfortable in a hardware lab and thrive without heavy process
• Bonus: robotics startup experience, PCBA bring-up, ROS or DDS
• Real hardware: firmware runs on physical robots, not just in research

Responsibilities

• Write firmware for BLDC motor control (FOC, PWM, current and position control) on microcontrollers and embedded Linux
• Design, debug and integrate CAN, RS-485, SPI and UART communication
• Build real-time systems on FreeRTOS, RT Linux or VxWorks
• Bring up new PCBAs with the hardware team and integrate them into robots
• Connect firmware to ROS/DDS so robots communicate seamlessly

Skills

C/C++

Real-time systems

Robotics

Education

Bachelor’s in Electrical Engineering or related

Tools

Embedded development tools

Job description

HFBAC - Hiring For and Building Awesome Companies is seeking a Firmware / Embedded Systems Engineer for Robotics in the Bay Area. On-site role focusing on firmware for robotics hardware, including BLDC motor control and real-time systems.

You will work directly with founders, bring up PCBA hardware, and integrate firmware with ROS/DDS to enable seamless robot communication. 3–10 years of embedded experience and a degree in EE/Robotics are preferred.