Senior Embedded Software Engineer

1 month ago

San Diego, California, United States Brain Corp Full time

Brain Corp is a San Diego, California, USA-based AI company creating transformative core technology for the robotics industry. Our purpose is to create autonomous technology that helps the real world work better. Brain's robotic and AI solutions help retailers ensure that the right product is on the right shelf at the right price, in a clean environment. Through the BrainOS Robotics Platform, which powers the largest global fleet of the Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMRs) in operation in commercial public spaces, Brain Corp delivers insightful and efficient automated solutions in both commercial floor cleaning and inventory management, empowering organizations and their employees to achieve more. Brain Corp currently powers more than 30,000 AMRs, representing the largest fleet of its kind in the world. Brain Corp is funded by the SoftBank Vision Fund, Clearbridge, and Qualcomm Ventures.

Position Summary:

As a member of the Firmware engineering team, the Senior Embedded Software Engineer will be a key contributor to our applications running on our BrainOS platform. This job is highly technical with hands-on coding and testing, working closely with the hardware and helping to debug robotics systems. In addition, the Senior Embedded Software Engineer will be expected to engage in discussions and collaborate with a diverse range of teams. This includes close cooperation with product management, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, and other software teams.

Essential Job Functions:

  • Design, implement, and maintain embedded software features and services, ensuring high quality and performance
  • Provide technical leadership and drive best practices for code development, review, testing, and deployment that will ensure high quality releases to production
  • Help resolve production and customers issues and engineer long-term solutions through triage and root cause analysis and data analytics
  • Collaborate across disciplines and teams (Hardware, Firmware, Cloud, Autonomy) to build a cohesive system capable of running on multiple robot platforms
  • Collaborate with external partners to drive discussions and features, gather data, and conduct investigations
  • Encourage and facilitate technical discussions, ensure deadlines are met and drive higher performance solutions
  • Mentor junior engineers by providing guidance on best practices, design principles and coding standards
  • Perform other duties and projects as assigned

Education and/or Work Experience Requirements:

  • BS or graduate degree in computer science or electrical engineering
  • 5-8 years professional experience in software development for embedded systems
  • 5-7 years of demonstrated software engineering/coding skills, specifically in C/C++, Python 3, Linux
  • Understanding of CAN, I2C, SPI, Ethernet, USB buses
  • Strong skills in embedded systems (e.g., JTAG, GPIO, Interrupts, timers, memory)
  • Familiarity with release management and versioning
  • Familiarity with test automation for embedded software

Required Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, and Other Characteristics:

  • Experience in autonomous vehicles, robotics, or related industry
  • Experience with ARM Cortex microcontrollers
  • Experience with real-time operating systems
  • Experience developing in Linux-based environment
  • Excellent technical and analytical skills
  • Excellent communication skills

Things that make a difference:

  • MS in computer science, software engineering or a related field
  • Experience with robotic software development or working with robotics-related technologies
  • Understanding of CI/CD pipelines and related tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD)
  • Experience with Github, JIRA, and Jenkins tools for source control, tracking, and testing
  • Understanding of Agile methodologies
  • Experience in all phases of the software development lifecycle

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Essential functions may require maintaining the physical condition necessary for sitting, walking or standing for periods of time; operating a computer and keyboard; use of hands to finger and grasp; talk and hear at normal room levels; visual acuity to determine the accuracy, neatness, and thoroughness of the work assigned or to make general observations of facilities or structures; push or pull up to 20 pounds.

Work Environment:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet to moderate. Employees are exposed to the typical office environment with computers, printers and telephones.

Salary Range:

The anticipated salary range for candidates who will work in San Diego, California is $133,565 to $161,684. The final salary offered to a successful candidate will be dependent on several factors that may include but are not limited to the type and length of experience within the job, type and length of experience within the industry, education, etc. Brain Corp is a multi-state employer and this salary range may not reflect positions that work in other states.

In addition to base pay, our competitive total rewards package consists of:

  • A discretionary annual target bonus
  • Stock options
  • 401(k) plan with match (no waiting period and immediate vesting)
  • Comprehensive suite of insurance benefits for employees (and their families) to include a variety of medical plan options (including an HSA with employer contribution), dental, vision, life and disability insurance, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Legal/Identity support plans, pet insurance.
  • Access to Flexible Spending Accounts (Medical and Dependent Care)
  • Generous paid time off including flexible vacation, Paid Sick Leave, time off for volunteering in the community, 10 paid company holidays, and a winter company shutdown

Additional Perks include:

  • Daily on-site lunch available in the San Diego office
  • On-campus gym including pool and tennis courts in the San Diego office
  • Opportunities to connect with colleagues including monthly game nights, hikes, wellness challenges, and community events
  • Internal continuous learning events
  • Opportunities to share your own interests and hobbies with the Company

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