Embedded Software Engineer - Unix Systems & Backends
Job in
Palo Alto, Santa Clara County, California, 94306, USA
Listed on 2026-01-12
Listing for:
Proception Inc.
Full Time
position Listed on 2026-01-12
Job specializations:
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Engineering
Robotics, Embedded Software Engineer, Systems Engineer, Software Engineer
Job Description & How to Apply Below
🧩 Embedded Software Engineer - Unix Systems & Backends
Full‑Time
“Join our embedded software team to build the Linux-based control, communication, and sensing infrastructure that powers our next-generation robotic hands. You will work across real-time Linux, device drivers, robotics middleware, and high‑performance data pipelines—enabling precise, responsive, and safety‑critical robotic manipulation.”
Responsibilities & Qualifications- Develop Linux-based software services for real-time sensing, actuation, and control coordination
- Integrate low-level drivers and kernel modules for sensors, actuators, and high‑speed communication
- Optimize system performance through scheduling, CPU isolation, memory locking, and IO tuning
- Implement fast, reliable IPC pipelines for AI, perception, and hardware control components
- Build and maintain software infrastructure for distributed robotics (logging, monitoring, diagnostics)
- Develop tools and frameworks for hardware‑in‑the‑loop (HIL) testing and continuous integration
- Collaborate with firmware, controls, and hardware teams to build end‑to‑end robotic capabilities
- Contribute to middleware and runtime systems that manage high-rate data in robotic hands
- BS or MS in Robotics, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or related fields
- Strong experience in C/C++ or Rust on embedded Linux systems
- Experience with Linux system programming: threading, IPC, scheduling, memory management
- Familiarity with real‑time Linux (), low‑latency tuning, or real‑time userland frameworks
- Exposure to Linux build systems and distributions (Yocto, Buildroot, Debian-based systems)
- Knowledge of robotics-oriented communication protocols and interfaces (CAN, SPI, I2C, UART, Ether
CAT) - Experience building high-rate sensing or control pipelines (IMUs, force sensors, encoders, cameras)
- Comfortable with debugging tools: perf, strace, ltrace, gdb, logic analyzers, oscilloscopes
- (+) Experience with ROS/ROS2, DDS, or robotics middleware
- (+) Familiarity with GPU/accelerators, ZeroMQ, or shared-memory IPC
- (+) Understanding of motor control, PID tuning, or robot kinematics
- Work on cutting-edge embedded Linux systems for next-generation humanoid robotics
- Collaborate with world-class roboticists, embedded engineers, and AI researchers
- Access to advanced labs, robotic platforms, and hardware prototyping facilities
- Competitive salary and equity compensation
- Comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage
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