Figure is an AI robotics company developing autonomous general-purpose humanoid robots. The goal of the company is to ship humanoid robots with human level intelligence. Its robots are engineered to perform a variety of tasks in the home and commercial markets. Figure is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

We are looking for an Firmware Engineer Intern for Summer 2026 to support the implementation and test of key aspects of our Humanoid software.

Responsibilities:

• Deliver high quality C/C++ code in a real-time embedded environment.
• Bring up, debug, and validate firmware on the Humanoid hardware platform, such as actuators, sensors, power distribution system.
• Optimize performance of firmware to meet product requirements.
• Develop test scripts in Python to support test automation or robot calibration.
• Work cross functionally with System Integration, Software Test, and Embedded Software teams to successfully and autonomously ship new features.
• Contribute to the integration of projects into the Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) infrastructure.
• Support hardware/software integration in the lab.

Requirements:

• Graduate student, senior student, or recent graduate in Computer Engineering or related field.
• Minimum 10 weeks internship, 1 to 2 terms preferred.
• Ability to showcase extra-academic activities working on hardware/software projects.
• Fluent with C/C++ and Python.
• Good knowledge of computer architecture and real-time operating systems
• Familiar with communication buses and protocols like CAN, SPI, I2C, UART etc.
• Comfortable using lab instruments (Oscilloscopes, logic analyzers…) and debugging tools.

Bonus Qualifications:

• Experience with low level communication protocol driver development, Ethernet and CAN preferred.
• Demonstrated taking features or products from cradle to grave with high levels of ownership.
• Experience with motor control systems.
• Experience with the Bazel build system.
• Experience with Docker containers.

Figure is an AI robotics company developing autonomous general-purpose humanoid robots. The goal of the company is to ship humanoid robots with human level intelligence. Its robots are engineered to perform a variety of tasks in the home and commercial markets. Figure is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

We are looking for a motivated Embedded Software Intern to support our Humanoid Software Team and contribute to the implementation and testing of core software systems during Fall 2026.

Responsibilities: 

• Implement and test embedded software in C++ running on the Humanoid compute platform
• Develop Python scripts to support data management, test automation or robot calibration
• Contribute to the development of our Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) infrastructure
• Support hardware/software integration in the lab

Requirements: 

• Final-year undergraduate student or recent graduate in Computer Science or a related field.
• Minimum 10 weeks internship, 1 to 2 terms preferred
• Ability to showcase extra-academic activities working on hardware/software projects
• Fluent with C++ and Python
• Deep understanding of Linux
• Good knowledge of computer architecture, communication buses and protocols like Ethernet, Ethercat, Serial, CAN or USB
• Comfortable using lab instruments (Oscilloscopes, logic analyzers…) and debugging tools (Lauterbach…)
  

Bonus Qualifications: 

• Experience with the Bazel build system
• Experience with Docker containers
• Experience with Rust

Figure is an AI Robotics company developing a general purpose humanoid. Our Humanoid is designed for corporate tasks targeting labor shortages and jobs that are undesirable or unsafe. We are based in Sunnyvale, CA and require 5 days/week in-office collaboration. It’s time to build.

We are looking for a Software Engineer passionate about developer productivity, automation and continuous improvement, to accelerate the development of the first humanoid robot that will be manufactured and deployed at scale.

Responsibilities:

• Develop tools and infrastructure to scale continuous software integration and deployment systems.
• Optimize build times, and help scale the execution of automated tests and analysis.
• Integrate new build toolchains and software components to support the next generations of humanoids.
• Improve tooling and processes to integrate third-party repositories.
• Provide developers with an easy-to-set-up development environment aimed at accelerating software development.
• Collaborate with all engineering teams to prioritize feature development, optimizations, and reliability improvements.

Requirements: 

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or a related field.
• At least 7 years of industry experience.
• Mastery of configuration management using Git.
• Expertise with C++ and Python build and software integration tools (Bazel, CMake, Make, etc.).
• Proficient with scripting languages, including Python and Bash.
• Experience with one or more major cloud providers.
• Comfortable working with a broad range of continuous integration tools (GitHub, Jenkins, TeamCity, etc.) and deployment tools (Ansible, etc.).
• Experience with infrastructure as code (e.g., Terraform).
• Strong knowledge of Linux, Docker, and microservices architectures.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Familiarity with Agile and test-driven development principles.

Bonus Qualifications: 

• Familiar with web development languages and tools (HTML, CSS, JavaScripts…)
• Deep understanding of key and certificate management as well as cryptographic signing and verification.

Figure is an AI Robotics company developing a general purpose humanoid. Our humanoid robot, Figure 02, is designed for commercial tasks and the home. We are based in San Jose, CA and require 5 days/week in-office collaboration. It’s time to build.

We are looking for a Firmware Engineer to design, implement and test firmware for critical components of our Humanoid. 

Responsibilities: 

• Architect, design, implement and test firmware in C or C++ for critical components such as motor controllers, battery management systems and sensing hardware
• Define a strategy to facilitate reuse of the code base and tools used to develop firmware on different hardware platforms
• Develop Python tools to support test automation or hardware calibration
• Contribute to the development of our Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) infrastructure
• Support hardware/software integration in the lab

Requirements: 

• 5+ years of engineering experience
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or related field
• Mastery of C, C++, Python and Linux
• Experience implementing low level software on bare-metal systems and RTOS
• Good knowledge of computer architecture
• Deep understanding of communication buses and protocols like Ethernet, Ethercat, Serial, CAN or USB
• Comfortable using lab instruments (Oscilloscopes, logic analyzers…) and debugging tools (Lauterbach…)

Bonus Qualifications: 

• Experience with motor controllers or battery management systems
• Experience implementing CI/CD infrastructures
• Familiar with Agile and Test driven development

The US base salary range for this full-time position is between $160,000 - $250,000 annually.

The pay offered for this position may vary based on several individual factors, including job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The total compensation package may also include additional components/benefits depending on the specific role. This information will be shared if an employment offer is extended. 

Figure is an AI Robotics company developing a general purpose humanoid. Our humanoid robot, Figure 02, is designed for commercial tasks and the home. We are based in San Jose, CA and require 5 days/week in-office collaboration. It’s time to build.

We are looking for an Embedded Software Engineer to design, implement and test key aspects of our Humanoid software. 

Responsibilities: 

• Architect, design, implement and test embedded software in C++ running on the Humanoid compute platform
• Develop Python tools to support data management, test automation or robot calibration
• Continuously improve our development environment
• Contribute to the development of our Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) infrastructure
• Support hardware/software integration in the lab

Requirements: 

• 10+ years of software engineering experience
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or related field
• Mastery of C++, Python and Linux
• Linux Kernel Experience
• Experience implementing real-time software
• Good knowledge of computer architecture
• Deep understanding of communication buses and protocols like Ethernet, Ethercat, Serial, CAN or USB
• Comfortable using lab instruments (Oscilloscopes, logic analyzers…) and debugging tools (Lauterbach…).
  

Bonus Qualifications: 

• Experience with the Bazel build system
• Experience with Docker containers
• Experience implementing CI/CD infrastructures
• Familiar with Agile and Test driven development
  
• Yocto experience

The US base salary range for this full-time position is between $225,000 - $300,000 annually.

The pay offered for this position may vary based on several individual factors, including job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The total compensation package may also include additional components/benefits depending on the specific role. This information will be shared if an employment offer is extended. 

Figure is an AI robotics company developing autonomous general-purpose humanoid robots. The goal of the company is to ship humanoid robots with human level intelligence. Its robots are engineered to perform a variety of tasks in the home and commercial markets. Figure is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

We are looking for a Site Reliability Engineer to own our internal systems infrastructure. This role is responsible for setting up and managing cloud and on-prem infrastructure to deliver highly available, reliable, and automated systems.

Responsibilities:

• Be the go to person for mission critical infrastructure enabling critical operations such as Source Configuration Management, CI/CD systems, software distribution, supplier portals, manufacturing and more.
• Migrate SaaS to self-hosted solutions to enhance security and reliability.
• Implement monitoring and alerting systems, and define incident response plans and runbooks.
• Reduce human workload through automation to automate deployment and scaling.
• Establish strong relationships with stakeholders to identify infrastructure needs and establish Service Level Objectives.
• Use a data driven approach to demonstrate service robustness and track optimization work.
• Partner with the security team to ensure that security remediations and updates are applied in a timely manner.

Requirements:

• Strong experience with Linux/Unix systems administration
• Proficiency in programming/scripting
• Extensive experience with cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, GCP) and on-prem hardware architectures
• Experience designing, deploying, and operating high-availability, fault-tolerant, and distributed systems.
• Mastery of infrastructure as code (Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible…)
• Familiarity with monitoring, logging, and alerting tools (Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog…)
• Solid understanding of networking fundamentals (TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP, load balancers, firewalls)
• Experience defining Service Level Objectives (SLO), developing runbooks/incident response plans, facilitating post-mortems and managing systems assets.
• Ability to work in cross-functional teams with developers, infra, and product teams
• Excellent verbal and written  communication skills

The US base salary range for this full-time position is between $175,000 - $250,000 annually.

The pay offered for this position may vary based on several individual factors, including job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The total compensation package may also include additional components/benefits depending on the specific role. This information will be shared if an employment offer is extended. 

Figure is an AI robotics company developing autonomous general-purpose humanoid robots. The goal of the company is to ship humanoid robots with human level intelligence. Its robots are engineered to perform a variety of tasks in the home and commercial markets. Figure is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

We are looking for solid, experienced C++ developers to help us build out the core software platform that will allow our robot to reach its full potential!

Responsibilities: 

• Architect, design, implement and test C++ middleware that will run on our robot and provide system wide functionality to specialized controls and autonomy software.
• Develop Python tooling and interfaces.
• Help us ensure that our software ecosystem is stable, scalable and well tested in CI.

Requirements: 

• Bachelor or Master degree in Computer Science or related field.
• At least 5 years of experience writing production C++.
• Mastery of C++, Python and Linux.
• Understanding of how to create testable software systems.
• Good knowledge of computer architecture.
• Understanding of Linux userspace and kernel environments.
• Proficiency with networking protocols.
• Comfortable using debuggers and performance profiling tooling.

Bonus Qualifications: 

• Experience working on systems with timing constraints.
• Experience working in resource constrained environments like microcontrollers.
• Knowledge of communication buses and protocols like Ethercat, Serial, CAN or USB.