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Firmware Engineering Intern [Winter 2027]
Figure AI · San Jose, CA · Posted 30 days ago
Design and validate firmware for robot hardware components including motor controllers and battery management systems from lab prototyping to fleet-wide deployment.
We are looking for a Firmware Engineer Intern to join us during Winter 2027. In this role, you will help bring our robots to life by supporting board bring-up, developing and validating new firmware features, and assisting with integration and testing.
• Design, implement and test firmware in C or C++ for critical components such as motor controllers, battery management systems and sensing hardware.
• Develop Python tools to support test automation or hardware calibration.
• Contribute to the development of our Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) infrastructure.
• Support hardware/software integration in the lab.
• Undergraduate student (Senior) or recent graduate in Computer Engineering, Computer Science or related field.
• Minimum 10 weeks internship, 1 to 2 terms preferred.
• Fluent in C, C++, and Python.
• 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 (oscilloscope, logic analyzer) and in-circuit debugging tools.
Bonus Qualifications:
• Experience with motor controllers or battery management systems.
• Experience taking projects from conception to fleet-wide rollout (e.g. previous internship projects, large contributions to design teams or open source projects).
The US base salary range for this full-time position is between $40 - $45/hr.
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