SECTION I · THE BRIEF
Brief #26134Updated 01 JUL 2026SAN JOSE, CAGreenhouseSOFTWARE COMPANIES
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Firmware Engineer

Figure is an AI Robotics company building the world's first commercially viable autonomous humanoid robot. We are based in Sunnyvale, CA.

Location
San Jose, CA
Company size
100–500
Posted
2w ago
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Firmware Engineer · Figure AI

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Job title
Firmware Engineer
Job location
San Jose, CA
Job description

Figure is an AI Robotics company developing a general purpose humanoid. Our humanoid robot, Figure 02, is designed for commercial tasks and the home. We are based in San Jose, CA and require 5 days/week in-office collaboration. It’s time to build.

We are looking for a Firmware Engineer to design, implement and test firmware for critical components of our Humanoid. 

Responsibilities: 

  • Architect, design, implement and test firmware in C or C++ for critical components such as motor controllers, battery management systems and sensing hardware
  • Define a strategy to facilitate reuse of the code base and tools used to develop firmware on different hardware platforms
  • 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

Requirements: 

  • 5+ years of engineering experience
  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or related field
  • Mastery of C, C++, Python and Linux
  • 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 (Oscilloscopes, logic analyzers…) and debugging tools (Lauterbach…)

Bonus Qualifications: 

  • Experience with motor controllers or battery management systems
  • Experience implementing CI/CD infrastructures
  • Familiar with Agile and Test driven development

 

The US base salary range for this full-time position is between $160,000 - $250,000 annually.

The pay offered for this position may vary based on several individual factors, including job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The total compensation package may also include additional components/benefits depending on the specific role. This information will be shared if an employment offer is extended. 

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Figure AI headquarters

Sunnyvale, CA

Company size

100500 employees

Founded

2022

Total raised

$854,000,000

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Funding rounds

  • Series C$1B
  • Series C$1B
  • Series C$1B
  • Series B$675M
  • Series B$675M
  • Series B$675M
  • Series B$675M
  • Series Unknown$9M
  • Series Unknown$9M
  • Series Unknown$9M
  • Series Unknown$9M
  • Series A$70M
  • Series A$70M
  • Series A$70M
  • Series A$70M
  • Seed$100M
  • Seed$100M
  • Seed$100M
  • Seed$100M