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Firmware Engineer - Testing

1X · San Carlos, CA

Posted Oct 30, 2026 · full time

Est. total comp~$201K–$317K

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ABOUT 1X

We're building humanoid robots that work in home - doing the chores, handling the tasks, and giving people their time back. Simple, but it's not.

To do this right, we have to solve robotics, AI, manufacturing - at the same time, at scale, in a form factor that has to be safe enough to live with your family. If you're inspired by this, you'll thrive here. We've been at this since 2014 and we're at the point where the hard problems are behind us and the hard work is in front of us.

NEO is our flagship - a home robot designed to move, learn, and operate in the real world alongside real people. We're not demoing it - we're shipping it. We're excited to meet you, if this excites you.

If you've spent your career working on problems that matter and want to see them actually reach the world - this is that moment. We're scaling, we're hiring with intention, and we need people who want to build something that will genuinely change how humans spend their time - safely creating abundance for all.

ABOUT THE TEAM

The Firmware team owns the embedded software on every hardware subsystem in NEO: communication architecture, power management and motor control. That firmware is what lets NEO move safely, take on new hardware quickly and scale across many embedded nodes, and it gates our biggest product milestones on the way to production.

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Required 6 items

Education: Bachelor's degree (or equivalent experience)

Skills and tools: Python, C++, Git, Embedded, Oscilloscope

Preferred 1 item

Skills and tools: Robotics

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Crew department: Systems

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Python and C++
Networking
Linux and cloud basics
Cybersecurity basics
RF and antennas basics

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