Senior Embedded Software Engineer, Robotics (C++, Leader)

Cobot; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 205,000 - 235,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation stipend

Equity

Job summary

Collaborative Robotics is seeking a Staff Embedded Software Engineer to build production embedded software powering our robots. You will design, implement, test, and maintain firmware, drivers, and time-critical software, collaborating with hardware and system teams to ensure safety and reliability.

In this hands-on leadership role, you will mentor engineers, drive architecture decisions, and own software from requirements to release and field support.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in embedded or firmware for complex hardware.
• Strong, hands-on experience programming in C++.
• Experience with microcontrollers/SoCs, RTOS, drivers, and hardware bring-up.
• Knowledge of interrupts, memory management, protocols, timing, concurrency.
• Experience delivering software across the full development lifecycle.
• Demonstrated technical leadership via ownership or mentoring.
• Excellent written and verbal communication; team-oriented.
• U.S. work authorization; willingness to travel.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, test, and maintain production embedded software in C++.
• Develop firmware, device drivers, hardware interfaces, diagnostics, and fault-handling.
• Own software from requirements through integration, verification, release, and field support.
• Build reliable, time-critical systems accounting for timing, concurrency, and hardware failures.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to define and validate safe robot behavior.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship across the embedded software team.

Skills

C++

Embedded systems

Firmware development

RTOS

Device drivers

Multi-threading

Leadership

Mentoring

Communication

Tools

Embedded Linux

QNX

FreeRTOS

Zephyr

AUTOSAR

Job description

Collaborative Robotics is seeking a Staff Embedded Software Engineer to build production embedded software powering our robots. You will design, implement, test, and maintain firmware, drivers, and time-critical software, collaborating with hardware and system teams to ensure safety and reliability.

In this hands-on leadership role, you will mentor engineers, drive architecture decisions, and own software from requirements to release and field support.