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Embedded Software Engineer - Real-Time Embedded

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Role Description

We are looking to recruit an exceptional Embedded Software Engineer - Real-Time Embedded to develop the foundational software that keeps our robot hardware alive, building the core systems that provide a platform for robust, safe, and deterministic operation.

Responsibilities

• Adapt and integrate a safety certifiable Real Time Operating System (RTOS) and associated drivers for purpose built robotic control hardware.
• Collaborate with hardware engineers to design, develop, and optimize high performance safety-critical systems.
• Develop and adapt device drivers for hardware peripherals (e.g. GPIO, EtherCAT, SPI).
• Build tools to monitor, verify and optimize real time system performance, ensuring deterministic behavior.
• Contribute to a deterministic and reproducible build and test environment for efficient development.
• Collaborate with functional safety engineers to ensure compliance with relevant safety standards and support audit and traceability requirements.
• Develop robust solutions for over-the-air (OTA) updates, calibration management and software deployment strategies.
• Solve complex, real-world challenges alongside a multi-disciplinary team

Qualifications

Must-have

• MS in computer engineering, computer science or a related discipline.
• Experience with safety-certifiable RTOSes (e.g. PX5, ThreadX, SafeRTOS).
• Expertise in OS fundamentals, including real-time scheduling and memory management.
• Strong understanding of ARM 64 hardware architecture.
• Experience with multicore SoCs, interprocess/intercore communications and atomic operations.
• Production experience with communication protocols (e.g. Ethernet, EtherCAT, CAN)
• Proficiency in low level programming (C, assembly)
• Understanding of bootloaders, hardware abstraction layers and board support packages (BSPs).
• Hands‑on experience with development tools including oscilloscopes, hardware debuggers and high‑speed tracing techniques (e.g. HSSTP).
• Understanding of toolchains (compilers, linkers, debuggers, static analysis tools)
• Familiarity with functional safety (FuSa) concepts, MISRA compliance, and related standards.
• Self‑starter attitude with strong ability to identify problems, prioritize them, then plan and execute working solutions.
• Enthusiasm for working in a fast‑paced startup environment and eagerness to support the team on a variety of topics.

Nice-to-have

• Knowledge of ARM SIMD/NEON architecture extensions.
• Proficiency in additional programming languages (e.g. C++, Python, Rust, Golang).
• Experience with multi‑language build systems (e.g. Bazel, Bob).
• Familiarity with ROS 2 middleware and alternatives (e.g. FastDDS, CycloneDDS, Zenoh).
• Experience with Docker, and related containerization tools.