Firmware Engineering Intern [Winter 2027]
Figure AI · San Jose, CA · HQ
CHECKED 5H AGO
Roboticsonsiteintern$83k–$94k
At a glance
Highlights
- Help bring humanoid robots to life via board bring-up and testing.
- Develop and validate firmware for motor controllers and sensing hardware.
- Support hardware/software integration in the lab for autonomous robots.
Ideal candidate
Hands-on senior student or recent grad who loves lab debugging and bringing humanoid robots to life through low-level firmware and hardware integration.
Requirements
- Undergraduate senior or recent graduate in Computer Engineering, Computer Science or related field
- Available for minimum 10 weeks internship, 1 to 2 terms preferred
- Fluent in C, C++ and Python
- Experience with 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 and in-circuit debugging tools
Lab profile
About Figure AI
AI robotics company developing autonomous general-purpose humanoid robots.
What they build
- Autonomous general-purpose humanoid robots
Known for
- Autonomous humanoid manipulation
- Visuomotor robot learning (Helix)
- Scalable manufacturing and field deployment
Key facts
- Headquartered in San Jose, CA
- Data operations in São Paulo, Brazil