Embedded Software Engineer - Robotics

Tokyo
No Remote
Full-time
September 7, 2023

Our Tokyo Engineering team is changing gears to meet the growing needs of our customers - from a handful of robots to hundreds of robots; from a small team to multiple squads. The team works closely with some of the premier enterprise customers in Japan to build state-of-the-art robotics solutions by leveraging rapyuta.io, our cloud robotics platform, and the surrounding ecosystem. The team’s mission is to pioneer scalable, collaborative, and flexible robotics solutions.

In this role, the Embedded Software Engineer will be:

Working closely with robotic software developers in supporting new features, services, and releases
Applying skills in robotic systems design, embedded software development, and general engineering principles to develop mobile robotic systems

Assisting in developing device drivers for various sensors, actuators, memory units, and computational units
Implementing intra- and inter-processor communication pipelines on mobile, memory- and computationally-constrained devices
Assisting in developing automation tools for our continuous integration framework

Requirements

Minimum qualifications

A bachelor’s degree in EEE, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, a similar technical field of study, or equivalent practical experience with an outstanding track record
At least 1 year of experience in product development and/or supporting operations
Expertise in C/C++
Fundamental understanding of real-time embedded systems and control architectures
Proficient programming and debugging experience in assembly and bare-metal C/C++
Familiar with one or more CPU instruction sets, in particular ARM Cortex-M processors
Familiar with at least one RTOS
Familiar with Linux kernel, peripheral driver, operating system development, POSIX APIs, and middleware development
Ability to read and understand schematics
Ability to effectively use a multimeter, Oscilloscope, and Logic Analyzer
Good understanding of microprocessor internals (mostly the registers)
Understanding of memory regions and their uses (heap, stack, IVT, code)
Understanding of the different kinds of memory (RAM, ROM, Flash), the differences between them and how they are read, written, accessed
Ability to use a debugger to perform at least simple operations such as setting breakpoints, single stepping, examining variable values, examining memory, examining registers
Ability to read and understand datasheets, and produce driver code for a given device based on the information contained in its datasheet
Japanese language proficiency

Preferred qualifications

A Master’s degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, a similar technical field of study, or equivalent practical experience with an outstanding track record
Proficient with Python
Familiarity with Docker, CI/CD, ROS1, and ROS2
Experience debugging complex distributed or multi-CPU systems

Benefits

Competitive salary
International working environment
Bleeding edge technology
Working with exceptionally talented engineers

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About Rapyuta Robotics

Rapyuta Robotics is a global technology startup that builds cloud robotics solutions. Their goal is to empower lives through connected machines so humans can focus on intellectually challenging and creative work. They have around 110 employees across their offices in Japan and India.

While improvements in technology are helping to make robotics more accessible to markets, the ability to integrate all the required expertise remains a barrier for most companies. Rapyuta Robotics is building a platform to make robots more attainable and useful to anyone.

Their platform makes it easy for businesses to deploy robotics solutions without needing in-house robotics expertise. By integrating robot hardware, software, sensor data, and applications in the cloud — where powerful data centers manage the heavy computation — Rapyuta’s platform lets end-users focus on their business processes instead of on managing robot hardware or software infrastructure.

Empowering Lives with Connected Machines.
Rapyuta Robotics strongly believes that the dirty, dull, and dangerous work should be automated and people should be given an option to take up more intellectually challenging and creative work. They aim to enable this automation with machines that are connected and coordinated.

They hope that robotics will not exclude people, but work for them as a familiar partner, creating new ways of working and new revenue opportunities.