Embedded Firmware Engineer — AI Data on Factory Floor

ppstrongAccelerating embodied AGI. /strong /ppThe next ten years of AI will not be won in software. They will be won in the physical world: in factories, hospitals, kitchens, fields, and homes. The companies that own that data will own the century. /ppMicroAGI is building it. We are a data research and deployment lab. strongAtlas /strong captures the manual work inside Europe’s industrial champions, trains foundation models on it, and deploys the right robot onto the floor, with no teleoperation and no interruption to the line. strongShift /strong records how physical work actually happens and turns it into training-ready data. /ppWe were founded by former Formula 1 engineers from Red Bull Racing and Mercedes, together with a researcher from the Alan Turing Institute. Our $55M seed round, the largest in German history, was led by Hummingbird with Northzone, LocalGlobe, Village Global, and redalpine. We are based in Munich, with our research centre in Zürich and teams in London, New York, and Istanbul. We are now building the engineering and research teams that will take Atlas into new industries. /ppOur models learn from data captured in the physical world, by hardware we design and build ourselves. As Embedded Engineer, you will own the firmware that runs on that hardware, from the first register write to the moment data leaves the device, so that what reaches our ML team is clean, synchronized, and trustworthy.br/ppstrongWhat You Will Do /strong /pullipWrite and own the firmware for our data-capture hardware: sensors, motion-capture rigs, custom IoT setups, and prototype robots. /p /lilipBuild real-time data acquisition: drivers, DMA, buffering, and streaming from many sensors at once without dropping a sample. /p /lilipSolve multi-sensor synchronization, calibration, and time-stamping so every data point lines up across devices and modalities. /p /lilipBring up new boards with our Electrical Engineer and turn fresh hardware into working devices fast. /p /lilipBuild the path from device to dataset: communication protocols, on-device logging, and handoff into our data pipeline. /p /lilipWork shoulder to shoulder with ML engineers. Your firmware decides what their training data looks like, and a timing bug can quietly ruin months of data. /p /lilipMake firmware reliable in the field: testing, OTA updates, error handling, and diagnostics that tell us what went wrong.br/p /li /ulpstrongRequirements /strong /pullipUp to 5 years writing production firmware for embedded or IoT systems. /p /lilipStrong C/C++, experience with an RTOS (FreeRTOS, Zephyr, or similar), and deep familiarity with microcontrollers (STM32, ESP32, NXP, or similar). /p /lilipHands-on experience with peripheral interfaces and protocols: SPI, I2C, UART, USB, BLE, CAN, or similar. /p /lilipExperience integrating sensors in firmware: IMUs, cameras, depth sensors, force sensors, or similar. /p /lilipA strong understanding of how firmware decisions affect data quality, especially for EMG/EEG sensing: ADC configuration, sample rate, jitter, filtering, and buffering. You know that a great model on a noisy signal still loses to a decent model on a clean one, and you write code accordingly. /p /lilipComfortable debugging at the hardware boundary with a logic analyzer, oscilloscope, and debugger. /p /lilipGenuinely curious about ML: you read papers, you have trained at least one model end to end, and you understand that dataset quality beats model architecture choice. /p /lilipHigh agency: you don't wait to be told what to do. You are comfortable in 0-to-1 ambiguity, where the spec is "figure out what the spec should be". /p /lilipDiscreet: you handle confidential hardware roadmaps and customer data with care. /p /lilipFluent in English. German is a plus.br/p /li /ulpstrongNice to Have /strong /pullipA background in robotics, motion capture, or wearable devices. /p /lilipExperience with real-time or hard-deadline systems: audio, video sync, or robotic control loops. /p /lilipExperience with embedded Linux, time-sync protocols (PTP or similar), or low-power design. /p /lilipFamiliarity with ML training pipelines. Even if you don't run them, you can read a training script. /p /lilipOpen-source firmware contributions. /p /lilipExperience taking firmware from prototype to small-batch production: test fixtures, provisioning, and certification support. /p /li /ulh3Who Will Thrive at MicroAGI /h3pEveryone we hire is assessed on the same four traits: /pullipstrongMission and vision: /strongyou care about what we are building and why it matters, and your past choices show it. /p /lilipstrongIntensity: /strongyou work at a pace that matches the size of the opportunity, and you sustain it. /p /lilipstrongEntrepreneurial: /strongyou start things nobody asked for, and you finish them. /p /lilipstrongRaw IQ: /strongyou learn fast, reason from first principles, and get sharper when the problem changes. /p /li /ulpstrongThis is for you if: /strong /pullipYou would rather own a problem end to end than wait for a spec. /p /lilipYou use AI every day, and you can tell a correct answer from a plausible one. /p /lilipYou want to work in person, in the office, with people who are very good at what they do. /p /li /ulpstrongThis is not for you if: /strong /pullipYou are looking for a predictable 9-to-5. /p /lilipYou would forward output you cannot explain. /p /lilip"That’s not my job" feels like a reasonable answer. /p /li /ulh3How We Hire /h3pWe read every application and reply within five working days. /pollipstrongTalent Screen /strong(30 min): a first conversation, both ways. /p /lilipstrongTechnical or Functional Interview /strong(60 min): how you think when the problem changes. /p /lilipstrongYour Work /strong(60 min): bring something you are proud of and walk us through it. /p /lilipstrongLeadership /strong(30 min): a conversation with our CEO. /p /lilipstrongCoworking Day /strong(engineering and research roles): a day building with the team on a real problem. /p /li /olpThen a decision, usually within a few days. /ph3Pay Transparency /h3pCompensation includes base salary and equity. The salary range for this role is shown on this posting. /ph3What We Offer /h3ullipstrongAgency: /strongreal ownership from day one, and decisions that actually matter. /p /lilipstrongFreedom: /strongto choose how you solve the problem, without layers of approval. /p /lilipstrongA seat on a rocketship: /strongone of Europe’s fastest-growing deep-tech companies, at the earliest stage. /p /lilipstrongFree food and drinks /strongin the office. /p /li /ulh3Equal Opportunity /h3pMicroAGI welcomes applications from everyone. We assess candidates on their work and potential, regardless of ethnic origin, gender, religion or belief, disability, age, or sexual identity. /p /p #J-18808-Ljbffr