Senior Firmware Engineer — Embedded Robotics & RTOS
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Lab37 Robotics in Pittsburgh is seeking a Firmware Engineer to own embedded software for our robot boards, connecting sensors, actuators and higher-level software from hardware bring-up to production deployment. You will improve firmware architecture and tooling while working with electrical, motor-controls, robotics software, and manufacturing engineers.
This hands-on role requires turning ambiguous problems into plans, delivering reliable software and tools, and collaborating across teams to
Qualifications
- Experience shipping MCU firmware on custom hardware.
- Strong C/C++ skills for resource-constrained systems.
- Hands-on board bring-up and debugging.
- Experience with CAN/SPI/I2C/UART interfaces.
- Familiarity with RTOS and bare-metal software.
- Python or scripting for tests and tools.
Responsibilities
- Design and maintain embedded C firmware for custom microcontroller boards.
- Collaborate with electrical engineers on board bring-up and testability.
- Implement real-time behavior across interrupts and DMA.
- Define contracts between boards and robot software.
- Design startup, watchdog, recovery behavior, and diagnostics.
- Own firmware delivery, updates, and diagnostics.
- Build automated unit, integration, and hardware-in-the-loop tests.
- Document design decisions and participate in reviews.
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Lab37 Robotics in Pittsburgh is seeking a Firmware Engineer to own embedded software for our robot boards, connecting sensors, actuators and higher-level software from hardware bring-up to production deployment. You will improve firmware architecture and tooling while working with electrical, motor-controls, robotics software, and manufacturing engineers.
This hands-on role requires turning ambiguous problems into plans, delivering reliable software and tools, and collaborating across teams to
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