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SeniorFull-timeC++
Salary Range
$132,600 - $179,400 /year
This salary is estimated based on similar roles. The actual salary may vary.
About the Role
We are looking for an Embedded Software Engineer to join our Software team at Cobot. This role involves designing and delivering embedded software that ensures our robots operate reliably and safely alongside people.
Key Responsibilities
- →Architect and deliver embedded software in an RTOS environment, including task scheduling & prioritization, inter-task communication, and device driver management.
- →Evaluate and integrate compute hardware, peripherals, middleware components, and development toolchains, ensuring performance, reliability, and alignment with system requirements.
- →Bring up new hardware platforms, develop hardware abstraction layers (HALs), and support integration of sensors, actuators, and custom electronics.
- →Analyze real-world and simulated robot data to assess system performance, identify bottlenecks, and drive continuous improvements across the embedded stack.
- →Contribute to platform diagnostics, monitoring, watchdogs, and basic safety-related mechanisms as part of robust system design.
- →Produce clear, high-quality documentation and participate in structured development, testing, and code review processes.
Requirements
- ✓Bachelor’s degree in Computer, Electrical, Robotics, or Software Engineering (or related field.)
- ✓5+ years developing embedded or real-time software for robotics, automation, or other performance- or reliability-critical systems.
- ✓Strong C/C++ skills for low-level and embedded development.
- ✓Experience with RTOS, firmware bring-up, device drivers, and MCU peripherals.
- ✓Hands-on experience with microcontroller-based systems, embedded toolchains, and reading/interpreting hardware datasheets.
- ✓Familiarity with structured engineering practices such as requirements documentation, traceability, verification, and code quality processes.
- ✓Strong cross-functional communication skills and ability to collaborate with hardware, systems, controls, and operations teams.
- ✓Comfortable working in a fast-paced startup and small, interdisciplinary teams.
- ✓Must have and maintain US work authorization.
