Staff Firmware Engineer - AMR

Saasventurecapital; Boston (MA); Sur place; USD 200 000 - 230 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Stock options

Paid time off

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Disability insurance

401(k)

Résumé du poste

Standard Bots is seeking a Staff Firmware Engineer to lead the firmware of Bolt’s mobile base. You will own architecture across all base controllers, drive motor control, power and battery systems, and sensor I/O, coordinating with hardware and software teams to bring prototypes to a fielded fleet.

You will mentor engineers, set coding standards, and build robust test tooling to catch issues early. This role is on-site in the Boston area with opportunities to shape a rapidly evolving robotics

Qualifications

• 8+ years of embedded firmware development for battery-powered products with motors
• Fluent in C/C++ on microcontrollers and RTOS environments
• Experience bringing up firmware on robotic platforms and leading cross-functional teams

Responsabilités

• Define firmware architecture across controllers for the mobile base
• Lead firmware bring-up for prototypes with hardware teams on strict schedules
• Develop power sequencing, battery management, charging, and docking firmware
• Integrate sensors and I/O and define firmware interfaces with navigation and safety software
• Mentor AMR embedded engineers and raise quality through hardware-in-the-loop tests
• Set coding standards and release processes for firmware across the fleet

Connaissances

Embedded firmware leadership

Motor control firmware (FOC)

C/C++ on microcontrollers

RTOS design

Bring-up and debugging

Power systems and BMS

Cross-functional collaboration

Clear technical communication

Technical mentorship

Ambitious hardware project execution

Outils

Oscilloscopes

Logic analyzers

DMMs

Description du poste

About Standard Bots

Standard Bots' mission is to significantly lower the barrier to entry to real-world automation, bringing the power of bits to the world of atoms and unlocking productivity for entire new industries and users.

Bolt is our mobile manipulation platform: two of our robot arms on an upper body, riding an autonomous mobile base that we are designing and building in-house. Control systems and embedded engineering are the basis of the entire company's mission, and the mobile base is built on them.

What you'll do

We're looking for an exceptional Staff Firmware Engineer to lead the firmware of Bolt's mobile base. This role sets the firmware architecture for that base from the first prototype: drive and motor control, power and battery systems, sensors and I/O, and the communication that ties them to the robot's compute.

Your impact will be measured by how quickly the first AMRs come to life on the bench and the test floor, how reliably they run once they leave it, and how strong the firmware team around you becomes.

Responsibilities

Bring-up and architecture

• Define the Architecture: Own the firmware architecture across every controller on the base: partitioning, communication buses, timing, update paths, and diagnostics

• Bring Up the Fleet: Lead firmware bring-up for each prototype build with the electrical and mechanical teams, on a hardware schedule that doesn't move. That includes board support packages, drivers, and bootloaders

• Pragmatic Trade-Offs: Make clear, pragmatic calls on what each build needs now and what can wait, balancing long-term vision with timely delivery

• Shape the Hardware: Partner with electrical engineers from schematic review onward, so every board is easy to bring up, test, and debug

• Standard Setter: Set the coding standards, review practices, test expectations, and release process for all AMR firmware

Motion, power, and sensors

• Motion Foundations: Own firmware for the drive modules and their motor control. That covers current, velocity, and steering loops, encoder feedback, and coordinated control of all wheels

• Power and Batteries: Own firmware for power sequencing, battery management communication, charging and docking, and battery swap

• Sensors and I/O: Integrate the sensors and peripherals on the base, and deliver their data reliably to the robot's compute

• Cross-Team Interfaces: Define the interfaces between firmware and the navigation, fleet, and safety software, and between the base and Bolt's upper body

Quality and leverage

• Debug Across Boundaries: Root-cause problems that span firmware, electrical, mechanical, and component behavior. Drive them to closure and turn them into prioritized work that prevents recurrence across the fleet

• Systemic Quality: Build hardware-in-the-loop tests, fault injection, production test firmware, and diagnostic tools that catch problems before they reach a robot

• Technical Multiplier: Mentor the AMR embedded engineers, review their designs, and help grow the team

Software Stack and Ownership Areas

This role owns board bring-up, motor control, power and battery systems, sensors and I/O, and firmware test tooling for Bolt's mobile base.

Tech Stack

• Embedded: STM32 or similar, C / C++, FreeRTOS or similar

• Communications: CAN, EtherCAT, Ethernet

• Infrastructure & Tooling: Python, GitHub Actions, CI/CD, hardware-in-the-loop rigs

Location

This is an on-site role at our new Boston-area office, where Bolt's mobile base is designed, built, and tested. There's some flexibility on days in the office once you're up to speed. The build area, electronics lab, test floor, and robots are steps from your desk.

Who you are

We're looking for a firmware leader who has taken a battery-powered robot or vehicle from first boards to a fielded fleet. You lead by writing the hard parts yourself, and you know what it takes for firmware to survive thousands of hours on a factory floor. You're comfortable operating with complete independence.

Skills you'll bring

• Experience: 8+ years of embedded firmware development, including leading firmware for a battery-powered product with motors through production

• Motor Control: Hands-on motor control firmware experience (FOC, current sensing, encoders), ideally for traction or steering drives

• Embedded Depth: Mastery of C / C++ on microcontrollers, RTOS design, real-time scheduling, interrupts and DMA, and peripheral drivers

• Bring-Up Skills: Fluent with oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, DMMs, and schematics. You diagnose timing, signaling, and electrical issues at the bench

• Power Systems: Experience with power sequencing, BMS communication, and charging

• Leadership: You've led engineers through an NPI cycle and made them better

• Cross-Functional Influence: Proven ability to influence technical direction without direct authority and successfully partner with hardware engineering, motion planning, safety, and executive leadership

• Clarity of Communication: Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, capable of synthesizing complex technical risks and strategies for non-technical leadership

• Impact Driven: You relentlessly seek user impact and value execution over technical idealism

• Proactive Simplicity: A relentless drive to reduce complexity, improve operational simplicity, and proactively identify organizational-level technical risks and address them before they become crises

• Excelling in Ambitious Environments: Your best work happened where hardware deadlines were real and the plan changed weekly

Nice to have

• Prior work on mobile robots, AGVs, or autonomous vehicles

• Swerve, omnidirectional, or other multi-wheel steering drive control

• Functional safety development (ISO 13849, IEC 61508)

• Over-the-air firmware update systems for fielded fleets

Compensation

The base salary range for this role is [$200,000 to $230,000], depending on experience. Base salary is just one part of the overall compensation at Standard Bots. All full‑time employees are eligible for employee stock options. We also offer paid time off, medical, dental, and vision insurance, life insurance, disability insurance, and a 401(k) to regular full-time employees.