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Senior Firmware Engineer

It’s an amazing time to join Sarcos, a leading robotics company undergoing significant growth. As an undisputed industry leader in dexterous robotic systems, Sarcos is creating technology to empower people. We don’t replace human productivity, we enhance it, by making people stronger, keeping them safer, and getting to places people couldn’t, or shouldn’t, otherwise go. We don’t just build robots. We build new possibilities for the real people getting it done.

Sarcos brings together the brightest minds in robotics to provide creative options to carrying out the world’s most dangerous tasks. We place a large emphasis on collaboration & teamwork, because the problems being solved are extremely challenging and require contributions from people with expertise in a wide variety of disciplines. If you’re interested in working on the forefront of robotics with a creative team of great people, come join us!

Senior Firmware Engineer

The senior firmware engineer will play a critical role in the development of embedded software across a multitude of robotics and electro-mechanical product development projects. This position demands exceptional creativity to develop innovative solutions for high performance devices, balanced with a keen understanding of trade-offs to be made based on schedule commitments to our customers. Also required are hands-on abilities to implement and test new algorithms and software on both physical hardware and in simulated environments.

Role/Responsibilities:

• Design, develop and optimize highly reliable, safety critical embedded firmware for complex robots and electro-mechanical systems
• Own the creation and update of firmware development schedules and milestones for assigned projects
• Work closely with other engineering groups to understand development dependencies and interfaces. Update schedules and work plans as needed
• Perform firmware specific risk analysis and create mitigation plans. Participate in system level risk analysis
• Support verification and validation team with testing and deployment
• Support embedded systems troubleshooting both internally and at customer sites
• Prepare technical documentation and design reviews used at all levels of the organization

Competencies:

• Ability to multitask and prioritize
• Strong analytical and interpersonal skills
• Able to work independently, with minimal supervision
• Demonstrated creative and innovative solutions and problem-solving skills
• Persuasive oral/written communication abilities
• Flexible and adaptable (willing to work on other technical problems as needed)
• Insatiable curiosity for science, technology and understanding of how things work
• Open to comments, advice – team player

 Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or similar with related experience
• 5 years of experience as a Firmware Engineer, Software Engineer, Robotics Engineer or related title
• Experience with agile software development workflows (merge requests, code reviews, issue tracking) and associated tools
• Experience with git a plus
• Experience with real time programming on ARM processors (cortex M series) and associated toolchains
• Experience with bare metal embedded microcontroller firmware development
• Expert level C programming, familiarity with Python for scripting and task automation
• Experience debugging real time systems using appropriate tools (oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, protocol analyzers, debuggers, etc.)
• Experience working with mobile robots such as tele-operated ground vehicles, UAVs, etc. desired
• Familiarity with low level peripheral interfaces: CAN, SPI, I2C, UART, A/D
• Familiarity with electrical theory and/or controls theory for complex electromechanical systems
• Able to work across organizational boundaries to assess impact of design changes to firmware development
• Ability to plan work and define deliverables for integration into overall project schedule

Work Environment and Physical Demands:

• Work is performed Monday through Friday with occasional weekend requirements
• Ability to travel up to 50% of the time
• Safety awareness is absolutely essential at all times while in the work area
• Must be able to stand and sit for extended times

​Who We Are:

We are a values-driven company that continuously strives to be great place to work. We invest in our team members through ongoing employee development and technical training. We foster an environment where all employees are empowered, trusted, and respected. And we recognize employee contributions on a regular basis. If you have a positive “can-do” attitude, enjoy working in a fast-paced tech environment, and value ownership in a growing company, then Sarcos may be a good fit for you. 

Benefits and Perks:

We offer competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package including maternity/paternity leave, flexible schedules, half-day Fridays, stock options, 401k plan, training, and professional development stipends, paid time off, and medical/dental/vision/life and disability insurance for all regular full-time employees. 

We also offer monthly lunches, free snacks, coffee, and espresso, holiday and summer parties.

We are an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. We believe there is great value in having a diverse workforce and we take pride in being an inclusive and accepting work environment for all people.