Senior Embedded Software Engineer Robotics

Role Overview

As the Senior Embedded Software Engineer [Robotics], you will design and implement the core embedded framework — a modular runtime that dynamically orchestrates robotic subsystems (sensors, control, communication, AI, and logging) at the bare-metal level.

Take ownership of hands-on development of the SDK kernel, peripheral driver layer, and event-based orchestration system — enabling deterministic, distributed, and scalable robotic control without the complexity of monolithic RTOS stacks.

Key Responsibilities

Design & Develop Core SDK Framework : Design a lightweight embedded runtime that enables real-time scheduling, inter-module communication, and asynchronous events.

Driver & Peripheral Layer Development : Own the design and development of bare-metal peripheral drivers (Ethernet, SPI, I2C, UART, QSPI, CAN, MDMA, ADC / DAC, Timers).

Communication & Networking : Build bare-metal Ethernet and LwIP-compatible drivers for high-throughput, low-latency data transfer.

Hardware Abstraction & Portability : Develop CMSIS-level MCU abstraction layers supporting multiple MCU’s of various families.

Team & Technical Leadership : Support and guide the team in implementing high-quality embedded software architectures, frameworks, and system-level components.

Experience :

Strong grasp of ARM memory architecture , cache hierarchy , and bus-level data flow . Skilled in optimizing DMA / MDMA multi-channel controllers and memory-mapped I / O pipelines for minimal latency and deterministic performance.

Strong experience in bare-metal Ethernet , LwIP , UART , CAN , SPI , and I2C driver development, with ability to optimize for throughput and latency.

Hands-on with QSPI Flash , MDMA-based TX / RX , SDMMC , and NOR / NAND interfaces, including driver bring-up and timing tuning.

Deep understanding of Timer / PWM control , high-precision timebases , and event timestamping for real-time synchronization.

Expertise in interrupt models , cache coherency , memory alignment , latency profiling , and zero-copy data handling across modules.

Experience designing CMSIS-compliant peripheral frameworks , modular driver abstraction, and scalable SDK components.

Proficient with ARM-GCC , Makefiles , VSCode , GDB , and hardware debugging using logic analyzer / oscilloscope .

Required Skills & Experience

• 6+ years of experience in embedded firmware design, with at least 2+ years in bare-metal or CMSIS-level development .
• Strong understanding of ARM Cortex-M architecture , including memory hierarchy, bus interfaces (AHB / AXI), and cache optimization techniques .
• Proven ability to write and optimize device drivers — particularly for Ethernet, SPI, I2C, and QSPI — from register level up.
• Expertise in C / C++ , hardware register programming , and low-level MCU architecture .
• Deep knowledge of RTOS internals , while capable of building dynamic, event-driven frameworks that operate beyond traditional RTOS constraints.
• Strong grasp of interrupt design, memory coherency, DMA pipelines , and real-time dataflow synchronization .
• Experience with robotics systems , sensor data processing , or real-time control loops is a strong plus.
• Familiarity with STM32 ARM-cortexM7 series or equivalent ARM-based MCU ecosystems .