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Senior Embedded Linux Engineer

Apptronik · Sunnyvale, CA

Posted Oct 2, 2026

Est. total comp~$201K–$317K

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Apptronik is a human-centered robotics company developing AI-powered robots to support humanity in every facet of life. Our flagship humanoid robot, Apollo, is built to collaborate thoughtfully with people, starting with critical industries such as manufacturing and logistics, with future applications in healthcare, the home, and beyond.

We operate at the cutting edge of Applied AI, applying our expertise across the full robotics stack to solve some of society's most important problems. You will join a team dedicated to bringing Apollo to market at scale, tackling the complex challenges like safety, commercialization, and mass production to change the world for the better.

JOB SUMMARY

We are seeking a Senior Embedded BSP Engineer to own the board support package and OS configuration for the NVIDIA Jetson Thor compute platform in our humanoid robots. You will collaborate with our firmware, hardware, and robot software teams to bring up custom carrier boards, develop and maintain the boot chain, kernel or RTOS configuration, and device drivers, and deliver reproducible, secure, field-updatable OS images. You will tune the platform for low-latency, real-time performance, support hardware bring-up from prototype through production, and help own platform quality and reliability as we scale from prototypes to fleets of hundreds and thousands of robots in the field. …

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Education: Bachelor's degree

Experience: 5+ years of experience

Skills and tools: Python, C++, Linux, ROS, Git, Embedded, Networking, Robotics, Leadership, Oscilloscope, Schematics

Other: Lift up to 15 lbs

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Crew department: Systems

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Linux
Logistics
Python and C++
Networking
Linux and cloud basics

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