Senior Firmware Engineer

Company Description

PAL Robotics is a leading robotics company based in sunny Barcelona. Our goal is to enhance people's quality of life through robotics and automation technologies. We have over 20 years of experience in the robotics field and offer daily challenges to everyone in our team to help them grow.

Job Description

We are seeking an experienced Senior Firmware Engineer to join our team and develop real-time firmware for our robotic systems. The ideal candidate has at least 4 years of experience in embedded firmware development, particularly for real-time control of BLDC motors, sensors, and communication protocols. You will collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, ensuring seamless integration of firmware with hardware and software components. Your work will be pivotal in driving innovation and performance in our robotic platforms.

Duties and responsibility

• Design, develop, and optimize real-time embedded firmware for custom electronic boards used in robotics platforms.
• Implement BLDC motor control algorithms, including Field-Oriented Control (FOC), current sensing, and filtering techniques.
• Develop and integrate sensor interfaces (e.g., encoders, temperature sensors, ADC) for precise motion control and monitoring.
• Work on real-time communication protocols (EtherCAT, CAN, UART, SPI, I2C) to enable high-speed data exchange in robotic systems.
• Develop and maintain bootloaders for firmware updates and device initialization.
• Conduct hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) testing, ensuring robustness and reliability in real-world conditions.
• Optimize firmware for power management and Battery Management Systems (BMS), ensuring efficiency and safety.
• Collaborate with hardware engineers to define specifications and ensure seamless firmware-hardware integration.
• Contribute to firmware architecture design, code reviews, debugging, and performance optimization.
• Stay updated with emerging technologies and industry best practices to continuously enhance our firmware solutions.

Qualifications

Required skills:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
• 4+ years of experience in firmware development for embedded systems, with strong proficiency in C/C++.
• Solid understanding of real-time operating systems (RTOS) and microcontroller architectures.
• Proven expertise in BLDC motor control, including FOC, PWM, current control loops, and filtering techniques.
• Hands-on experience with Texas Instruments and/or STM32 microcontrollers.
• Expertise in communication protocols (EtherCAT, CAN, UART, SPI, I2C) for high-speed data transfer.
• Strong debugging skills, including oscilloscope, logic analyzers, and static code analysis tools.
• Familiarity with bootloader development for embedded systems.
• Experience with hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) testing methodologies.
• Knowledge of power electronics, BMS development, and power management techniques.
• Experience using version control systems (Git) and CI/CD tools.
• Fluency in English (Spanish is a plus).

Preferred skills:

• Prior experience in robotics or autonomous systems.
• Familiarity with embedded middleware solutions such as Quantum Leaps for task scheduling and event-driven architectures.
• Experience with digital signal processing (DSP) and control loop tuning.
• Understanding of thermal management and energy efficiency in embedded systems.
• Exposure to Qt for graphical interface development.
• Knowledge of Linux-based embedded development.

Additional Information

We offer:

We offer a comprehensive compensation package, including salary, benefits, and opportunities for professional development. You will be part of a dynamic and international team in a constantly growing and developing environment within a fulfilling and inclusive equal opportunity workplace.

• Permanent full-time contract (37.5 hours/week with a focus on work-life balance).
• Flexible working hours and earlyFriday finish (14:00).
• 26 working days of annual leave, plus December 24th and 31st as non-working days.
• Opportunities for payment in kind and ongoing training initiatives.
• Free coffee & tea to keep you energized
• Immediate start date.

Contact details

If you are interested, apply via the link on this site or send your CV to recruit@ pal-, mentioning JOB in the subject line.

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