Staff Embedded Firmware Engineer - Charger
1X Technologies · San Carlos, CA
CHECKED 14H AGO
Roboticsonsitestaff$200k–$280k
At a glance
Highlights
- Own firmware powering charging for NEO home humanoid robot shipping to customers.
- Build foundational software on critical path to every product milestone at scale.
- Ensure safe charging in uncontrolled home environments alongside real people.
What they offer
- Equity
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
- Generous paid time off, company holidays, and parental leave
- 401(k) plan with company match
- FSA and HSA options
- Commuter benefits for transit and parking
- Short-term and long-term disability and life insurance
- Employee Assistance Program
- Onsite snacks and catered lunches
Ideal candidate
A builder who owns work end-to-end and moves fast with high standards. Safety-minded problem solver excited to ship reliable firmware for humanoids living with families.
Requirements
- Deep embedded instincts for correct firmware under real hardware conditions
- First-principles problem solver diagnosing failures at firmware-hardware boundary with lab tools
- Safety-aware by default treating protection logic and safe-state transitions as first-class
- Effective cross-functional partner supporting hardware bring-up
- Domain depth in power conversion and lithium-ion charge management, bus firmware, or motor control
- Experience with safety-critical embedded systems and standards like IEC 61508 or ISO 26262
- Familiarity with real-time operating systems like FreeRTOS or SafeRTOS
- Background in robotics, autonomous systems, or complex electromechanical products
Lab profile
About 1X Technologies
Building safe humanoid robots for home chores backed by embodied AI research.
What they build
- Humanoid robots for home use
- Foundation models for embodied intelligence
Known for
- Safe humanoid hardware design
- Embodied AI and robot learning
- World model pretraining
- Physics simulation and dynamics
Key facts
- Founded in 2014