Senior Embedded Systems Engineer at Rethink recruit
Fremont, CA
$100,000–$300,000from the description
Aug 18, 2026
Fremont, CA
Sep 25, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A hands-on embedded firmware role at an early-stage robotics startup building a general-purpose robot platform. The engineer will own the full firmware stack — from motor control and sensor interfaces to real-time communication protocols and CI/CD/HIL infrastructure — and will be among the first to bring up every new robot subsystem. Suits an experienced embedded engineer with a production deployment background in robotics, automotive, or industrial electronics.
Senior level · 5+ years · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
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What the occupation pays Median $138,970 (middle half $107,524–$175,762). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Aug 20, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (8)
No work location is specified in the posting — city, state, and CBSA are unknown. The role appears to be in-person or hybrid given the hands-on hardware nature, but remote status cannot be confirmed.
The compensation range ($100K–$300K) is unusually wide, likely reflecting a broad experience band at an early-stage startup; equity is mentioned but not quantified.
SOC classification is Medium confidence: embedded firmware engineering sits closest to Software Developers (15-1252) given the code-writing and systems-building focus, but the hardware-boundary and MCU-driver work has some affinity with 15-1299 (Computer Occupations, All Other), which is noted as the runner-up.
Motor control experience (FOC, torque/velocity/position loops) is listed as a hard requirement in the 'You Should Have' section; FOC is used as the canonical representative skill.
JTAG, oscilloscopes, and logic analyzers are listed together as a single hardware bring-up requirement; oscilloscopes and logic analyzers are general lab instruments rather than named tools/platforms and are omitted per guidelines, with JTAG retained as the canonical named technology.
SOEM is listed under 'Nice to Have' as an example of an EtherCAT master/slave stack implementation; it is captured as preferred.
ISO 26262 and IEC 62443 are listed together under 'Nice to Have' as interchangeable functional safety standards; they are captured as a single preferred skill with the other as an alternative.
AI coding agents / agentic workflows appear under 'Nice to Have' but name no specific tool or platform, so they are omitted per the guideline against emitting generic concepts.
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