Senior Embedded Software Engineer , Fauna

Amazon • New York, NY

2d

About The Position

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Embedded Software
Engineer to join our dynamic team. You will play a critical role in developing,
optimizing, and maintaining the embedded systems that power our robots. This
role involves working on real-time operating systems (RTOS), low-Level firmware,
and communication protocols to enable precise motor control, sensor integration,
and robust system performance.

About the team
Fauna Robotics, an Amazon company, is building capable, safe, and genuinely
delightful robots for everyday life. Our goal is simple: make robots people
actually want to live and interact with in everyday human spaces.
We believe that future won’t arrive until building for robotics becomes far more
accessible. Today, too much effort is spent reinventing the fundamentals. We’re
changing that by developing tightly integrated hardware and software systems
that make it faster, safer, and more intuitive to create real-world robotic
products.
Our work spans the full stack: mechanical design, control systems, dynamic
modeling, and intelligent software. The focus is not just functionality, but
experience. We’re building robots that feel responsive, expressive, and
genuinely useful.
At Fauna, you’ll work at the frontier of this space, helping define how robots
move, manipulate, and interact with people in natural environments. It’s an
opportunity to solve hard problems across hardware and software with a team
focused on making robotics accessible and joyful to build.
If you care about making robotics real for everyone and building systems that
are as delightful as they are capable, we’re interested in hearing from you.

Requirements

• 5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
• 5+ years of programming with at least one software programming language experience
• 5+ years of leading design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
• Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team
• Bachelor's degree in computer engineering, electrical engineering, or systems engineering
• Experience in embedded development in C/C++, or experience debugging, profiling, and implementing best software engineering practices in large-scale systems
• Proven experience with RTOS platforms such as FreeRTOS, ThreadX, or Zephyr including system performance characterization and design for realtime performance
• Extensive hands-on experience developing firmware for STM32 microcontrollers and familiarity with the ST Micro IDEs and toolchains

Nice To Haves

• Familiarity with robotics frameworks and simulation tools such as ROS and Isaac Sim
• Familiarity with safety-critical systems and fail-safe mechanisms
• Experience with motor control
• Experience with sensor fusion algorithms

Responsibilities

• You will develop and maintain firmware for robotic control platforms, ensuring reliability and performance.
• You will design, implement, and optimize software for real-time operating systems such as FreeRTOS, ThreadX, or Zephyr.
• You will design and implement communication protocols over CAN and RS485 for motor control, sensor data acquisition, and power management.
• You will analyze and optimize system performance, including timing, resource usage, and latency, and conduct testing using scripting languages like Python for automated testing and data analysis.
• You will work closely with hardware and robotics engineers to integrate sensors, actuators, and power systems.
• You will troubleshoot and resolve hardware and software issues using debugging tools and techniques.
• You will create clear, concise documentation for firmware designs, APIs, and test procedures.

Benefits

• health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage)
• 401(k) matching
• paid time off
• parental leave

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level