Staff Firmware Engineer - AMR

present of AI; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Standard Bots in Boston, MA is seeking a senior embedded firmware engineer to own the firmware for a mobile robot base. You will oversee hardware bring-up, motor control, power/battery handling, and sensor integration, guiding code from board level to fleet operation.

The ideal candidate leads firmware for battery-powered systems, writes the core code personally, and solves cross-domain issues spanning firmware, electrical, and mechanical domains.

Qualifications

• Experience leading firmware for battery powered machines with motors to production.
• Writes the hard code personally and can debug across firmware, electrical, and mechanical domains.
• Strong debugging skills spanning firmware, electronics, and mechanics.

Responsibilities

• Own firmware for mobile robot base from boards to fleet deployment.
• Manage motor control, drive, power, battery handling, and sensors.
• Collaborate with hardware and software teams during bring-up and testing.

Skills

C/C++ on microcontrollers

Firmware development

Hardware in the loop testing

Job description

Engineering · Boston, MA · FullTime · Senior level

This role owns the firmware for a new mobile robot base, from the first circuit boards through to a fleet running on factory floors. It covers motor and drive control, power and battery handling, sensors, and the links to the robot's main computer. A strong candidate has led firmware for a battery powered machine with motors all the way to production, writes the hard code personally, and can debug problems that cross firmware, electrical, and mechanical lines.

How it fits the AI era

The robot arms are trained by demonstration through an AI platform, so the mobile base firmware must feed clean, reliable sensor and motion data to that learning layer. AI tools may speed up code review, test generation, and log analysis, but the real time control loops, timing, and hardware bring up still depend on hands on engineering judgment. The role stays human at the bench, where signals, power, and physical faults are diagnosed.

How it builds AI experience

Working here builds experience in feeding dependable hardware data to an AI driven robot platform and in building test rigs that check behavior automatically. A candidate can prepare by getting comfortable with hardware in the loop testing, automated firmware checks in CI, and logging that supports data driven debugging. Prior work on mobile robots or fielded fleets helps, though the posting treats it as optional.

Worth showing

• Battery powered robot production
• C and C++ on microcontrollers
• Board bring up at bench
• Leading embedded engineers

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About Standard Bots

Standard Bots makes US-built industrial robot arms that workers can train by showing them what to do, through an AI platform, instead of writing traditional robot code.