Senior Software Engineer, Embedded Linux

Nimble; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Nimble, a pioneering AI robotics company, seeks a Senior Software Engineer for the Infrastructure Team. You will own the full lifecycle of embedded Linux software, from design to field deployment, enabling Nimble’s robotics platform across the supply chain.

Qualified candidates bring 5+ years of software experience, strong C/C++/Rust skills, Linux kernel expertise, and a passion for mentoring peers to raise engineering standards. High-impact, fast-moving environment awaits.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• At least 5+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Experience with Linux kernel development and embedded ARM systems.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Board bring-up and maintenance on embedded ARM system (Device Trees, Bootloader, Kernel Drivers).
• Design, implement and maintain system flashing process used in manufacturing and development scenarios.
• Design, implement and maintain system and firmware OTA process.
• Customize vendor drivers to support and enhance Nimble’s robotics applications.
• Drive software engineering best practices across the team by producing high-quality, well-tested, maintainable code and raising the bar in reviews.
• Mentor other engineers and contribute to improving team processes and technical standards.
• Participate in and often lead design reviews, code reviews, and technical planning sessions.

Skills

Strong self-learning mindset

Excellent communication

Rust/C/C++

Linux kernel development

Networking basics

Mentoring others

Education

Bachelor's/Master's/PhD in Computer Science or related field

Tools

UBoot

EDK2

UEFI

Device Trees

Kernel Drivers

Job description

Senior Software Engineer, Embedded Linux

About Nimble

Nimble is an AI robotics company building the autonomous supply chain to power fast, efficient and economical commerce. We’re training robot AGI to power a proprietary generalist supply chain superhumanoid, the first robot in the world capable of performing thousands of tasks across the supply chain. We’ve raised over $220M at over $1B valuation and formed a strategic alliance with FedEx to build a national network of autonomous warehouses capable of generating many billions in annual revenue. We are a hardcore and obsessed team of the world’s best engineers and operators. If you are obsessed with your craft, enjoy a high-intensity and fast moving high impact environment, are super high agency in getting hard things done and want to be part of building the world’s most legendary robotics company at the most pivotal moment in history, we want to work with you.

We are on a mission to empower and inspire mankind to accomplish legendary feats by inventing robots that liberate us from the menial. We will accomplish this by training robot AGI to invent and build the Autonomous Supply Chain – everything from the inside of factories and warehouses to your front door – powered by generalist superhumanoids.

Our founding team comes from the AI labs at Stanford and Carnegie Mellon and our board of directors include famed robotics and AI legends including Fei-Fei Li (Chief Scientist of AI at Google and Director of Stanford’s AI Lab), Marc Raibert (founder of Boston Dynamics), and Sebastian Thrun (founder of GoogleX, Waymo; Stanford Professor and considered the father of autonomous vehicles).

At Nimble, we are committed to building legendary products, a legendary team, and a legendary legacy. Join us and become part of an ambitious, humble, and resourceful culture where your work will leave a lasting impact on the future of robotics and commerce.

Nimble's Core Values:

Be relentlessly resourceful-Challenge conventions and overcome obstacles.

Be legendary-Be the very best and do work that inspires.

Be humble-Prioritize growth, learning, and doing whatever is needed to further the mission.

Be dependable-Take ownership and deliver with high agency.

About the Role

We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our Infrastructure Team, focused on building the Nimble’s Robotics platform that powers our robotics applications. You will be responsible for the full lifecycle of software development projects including design, implementation, automated testing, field testing, and deployment support.

Responsibilities

• Board bring-up and maintenance on embedded ARM system (Device Trees, Bootloader, Kernel Drivers)
• Design, implement and maintain system flashing process used in both manufacturing and development scenarios.
• Design, implement and maintain system and firmware OTA process.
• Customize vendor drivers to support and enhance Nimble’s robotics applications.
• Drive software engineering best practices across the team by producing high-quality, well-tested, maintainable code and raising the bar in reviews.
• Mentor other engineers and contribute to improving team processes and technical standards.
• Participate in and often lead design reviews, code reviews, and technical planning sessions.

Qualifications

• Bachelors, Masters, or PhD in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• At least 5+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Strong self learning and improvement mindset.
• Strong proficiency in at least one of the following programming languages: Rust, C, C++.
• Experience with Linux kernel development
• Good understanding of computer networking
• Experience with uboot, EDK2, platform firmware, UEFI etc
• Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate across teams

Nice to have

• Experience with Rust
• Familiarity with CUDA libraries and applications
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