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Foundation Robotics · 3 months ago

Sr. Embedded Engineer, Hardware (Autonomous Vehicle Team)

San Francisco, CA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

$175K/yr - $1,000K/yr

5+ years exp

Foundation Robotics is developing the future of general purpose robotics and electric mobility with the goal to save lives and augment human labor. They are seeking a Senior Embedded Engineer to lead the bring-up of embedded compute platforms and develop low-level drivers and middleware to interface with sensors and vehicle subsystems.

Higher Education

Responsibilities

Lead bring-up of embedded compute platforms (MCUs, VCU, SBCs running Linux)

Set up operating systems, toolchains, and integrated development kits (IDKs) for major components

Develop low-level drivers and middleware to interface with sensors, actuators, and vehicle subsystems

Own integration of sensor SDKs and communication protocols (CAN, Ethernet, serial)

Build test harnesses and simulation tools for bench testing prior to vehicle integration

Work closely with Perception/Planning engineers to provide stable, performant interfaces to hardware

Support system bring-up during vehicle assembly; debug software-hardware integration issues

Contribute to safety-critical software practices (fault handling, watchdogs, power management)

Qualification

Embedded systems developmentC/C++ programmingPython programmingLinux operating systemsSensor SDK integrationVehicle communication protocolsVersion control (Git)CI/CD workflowsTeam collaborationProblem-solving