Senior Firmware Engineer: Real-Time Motor Control

Vertage Inc.; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 130,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Lorien is hiring a Senior Firmware Engineer in Austin, TX, onsite. You will own motor control firmware for robotic actuators, taking designs from prototype to production with strong C/C++ and real-time control expertise.

The role requires 5+ years of production firmware experience, hands-on debugging, and collaboration across hardware and software teams to deliver reliable systems using FOC for brushless motors.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of production-grade embedded software experience.
• Proficiency in C/C++, with Python, Docker and Git exposure.
• Motor control firmware experience for BLDC or brushless motors incl. FOC.
• Hands-on real-time embedded firmware experience in production.
• Experience with telemetry, diagnostics and reliability in field devices.
• Strong hardware debugging skills with oscilloscopes and logic analyzers.
• Read electrical schematics (Altium Designer preferred).
• Embedded communication protocols (SPI, UART, RS485, CAN).
• Experience with ECAT real-time motor control communications.
• Team collaboration and potential for technical leadership.

Responsibilities

• Build, deploy & maintain motor control firmware for robotic actuators, including FOC and real-time current & torque control.
• Own system identification, plant modeling, controller tuning & hard real-time performance for production actuators.
• Help define & run HIL & SIL test strategy to validate performance, safety & reliability at scale.
• Help drive firmware quality, reliability & field performance as the product scales.
• Collaborate with controls, systems, electrical, mechanical & software engineers to architect next-generation actuators.
• Participate in code reviews, design reviews & pair debugging, and help shape tooling, processes & architecture decisions.

Skills

C/C++

Python

Docker

Git

Embedded systems

Motor control

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical/Computer/Mechanical Engineering

Master’s in controls or motor drives

Tools

Altium Designer

MATLAB/Simulink

TI C2000

Job description

Lorien is hiring a Senior Firmware Engineer in Austin, TX, onsite. You will own motor control firmware for robotic actuators, taking designs from prototype to production with strong C/C++ and real-time control expertise.

The role requires 5+ years of production firmware experience, hands-on debugging, and collaboration across hardware and software teams to deliver reliable systems using FOC for brushless motors.