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Staff Embedded Firmware Engineer - Charger

1X Technologies · San Carlos, CA

CHECKED 14H AGO

Roboticsonsitestaff$200k–$280k
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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
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