Teleop Embedded Engineer

Figure AI Figure AI · Robotics · Platform Software

Figure AI is seeking a Firmware Engineer to design, implement, and test firmware for critical components of their humanoid robot and TeleOp system. The role involves C/C++ development for motor controllers, battery management, and sensing hardware, along with Python for test automation and CI/CD infrastructure support. Experience with low-level software, RTOS, communication buses, and lab instruments is required.

What you'd actually do

  1. Architect, design, implement and test firmware in C or C++ for critical components such as motor controllers, battery management systems and sensing hardware
  2. Define a strategy to reuse the code base and tools used to develop firmware on different hardware platforms
  3. Develop Python tools to support test automation or hardware calibration
  4. Contribute to the development of our Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) infrastructure
  5. Support hardware/software integration in the lab

Skills

Required

  • 5+ years of engineering experience
  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or related field
  • Mastery of C, C++, Python and Linux
  • Experience implementing low level software on bare-metal systems and RTOS
  • Good knowledge of computer architecture
  • Deep understanding of communication buses and protocols like Ethernet, Ethercat, Serial, CAN or USB
  • Comfortable using lab instruments (Oscilloscopes, logic analyzers…) and debugging tools (Lauterbach…)

Nice to have

  • Experience with motor controllers or battery management systems
  • Experience implementing CI/CD infrastructures
  • Familiar with Agile and Test driven development
  • Experience with TeleOps, Haptics, or Exoskeletons