Robotics Firmware Engineer - Rust/C, Board Bring-Up & HIL

Watney Robotics; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Watney Robotics is seeking a firmware engineer to write and bring up firmware for our robot mainboards and actuators. You will collaborate with manufacturing partners, ML, and mechanical teams to enable new boards and embodiments.

You’ll build drivers and HALs, run hardware-in-the-loop tests, and help shape a common firmware base across architectures. Strong C/Rust experience is essential.

Qualifications

• Shipped production firmware to millions of devices.
• Proficient in Rust and/or C for embedded systems.
• Experience debugging hardware interfaces and buses.
• Experience with hardware-in-the-loop testing and OEM collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Lead board bring-up with manufacturing partners from spec discovery to first boot.
• Write drivers and HALs for microcontrollers and actuators.
• Build and run automated hardware-in-the-loop tests across embodiments.
• Create a common firmware base for mainboards and actuators in Rust and C.
• Collaborate with ML and mechanical teams to prototype and validate new sensors.

Skills

Production firmware

Rust

C

Hardware-in-the-loop

Contract manufacturers / OEMs

Electromechanical systems / optics

RF knowledge

Job description

Watney Robotics is seeking a firmware engineer to write and bring up firmware for our robot mainboards and actuators. You will collaborate with manufacturing partners, ML, and mechanical teams to enable new boards and embodiments.

You’ll build drivers and HALs, run hardware-in-the-loop tests, and help shape a common firmware base across architectures. Strong C/Rust experience is essential.