As a Senior Embedded Software Engineer, you will own critical subsystems within our embedded stack, and your architectural decisions will shape the product. You'll bridge hardware and high-level applications across Embedded Linux, RTOS (Zephyr/FreeRTOS), and bare-metal environments — and you'll be the technical point of contact for product, hardware, cloud, and safety teams when those subsystems intersect. 

What You'll Do

• Own Critical Subsystems: Architect and implement C/C++ software for safety-critical embedded systems where reliability is non-negotiable. Your decisions will influence the product's long-term architecture.
• Drive Platform Architecture: Architect Embedded Linux user-space applications and real-time firmware for FreeRTOS/Zephyr devices. Design for failure modes, future scale, and platform reuse — not just the current product.
• Own Safety Compliance: Own the safety compliance posture of your subsystem. Partner with the safety team to embed IEC 61508 rigor into design and code without slowing development velocity.
• Architect CI/CD: Architect and evolve our GitLab CI/CD pipelines for firmware. Set the bar for automated testing, deterministic builds, and release confidence.
• Hardware Bring-Up & Debugging: Lead bring-up of new hardware. Diagnose complex bugs across the hardware/software boundary using JTAG, GDB, logic analyzers, and oscilloscopes.
• Cross-Team Influence: Serve as the primary technical point of contact for product, QE, hardware, and cloud teams on subsystem design, integration, and trade-offs.

What You Bring

• Experience: 6+ years of hands-on embedded software development, including 2+ years working on safety-critical or regulated products.
• Core Languages: Expert proficiency in C and C++, including modern C++ patterns and safe memory management at scale.
• OS Depth: Deep experience with Embedded Linux (including BSP and low-level architecture) and proficiency with at least one RTOS (Zephyr or FreeRTOS).
• Low-Level Linux: Working knowledge of Board Support Packages (BSP) and device drivers — you've debugged below the kernel boundary, not just above it.
• Connectivity: Strong fluency with IP networking and standard interfaces (UART, SPI, I2C, USB, CAN).
• Tooling: Proficient with Python for scripting/automation. Experience architecting CI/CD workflows for firmware (GitLab preferred).
• Debugging: Expert with oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, JTAG, and GDB. You can localize hard bugs across the hardware/software boundary independently.
• Safety & Quality: Experience working under or implementing functional safety standards (IEC 61508, ISO 26262, DO-178C, or equivalent).
• Education: B.S. in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent experience.

Bonus Points

• Experience with wireless stacks (BLE, ISM, Wi-Fi).
• Background in regulated industries (Medical, Automotive, Aerospace, Industrial).
• Contributions to open-source embedded or RTOS projects.

How You'll Show Up — The FORT Blueprint at this Level

• Accomplish the Impossible: You proactively automate manual toil and find creative paths through ambiguous architectural problems.
• Own Your Priorities: You're accountable for project milestones and the long-term health of your subsystem — not just the next ticket.
• Think Out Loud: You lead architectural design reviews and communicate complex trade-offs clearly to engineers and non-engineers alike.
• Build Together: You run retrospectives and post-mortems, mentor more junior engineers, and align technical goals across hardware, firmware, SIT, and cloud teams.

The Sr. Customer Solutions Engineer is a customer-facing technical role responsible for enabling the successful integration of FORT products into customer robotic systems and platforms. This engineer will serve as FORT's primary technical presence at customer sites, guiding integration design, resolving implementation challenges, and ensuring customers achieve full functional and safety compliance with FORT's control systems. 

This is a high-impact, high-visibility position requiring strong technical depth, strong interpersonal communication, and the ability to operate independently in fast-paced industrial environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Travel to customer sites (up to 80%) to support integration of FORT wireless E-Stop and remote-control products into AGVs, AMRs, and custom automation platforms 
• Conduct integration design reviews, site assessments, and technical walkthroughs with customer engineering teams.
• Advise on integration architecture, including CAN bus topology, wiring schematics, and API-based software integration.
• Apply functional safety principles to validate safety-rated system designs
• Deliver remote integration support when appropriate with FORT customers. 
• Produce field reports, integration guides, and configuration documentation for internal and customer use.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Robotics, or related field
• 3–7 years in systems engineering, field applications, or technical integration in robotics or industrial automation
• Hands-on experience with CAN bus protocols and API integration in industrial contexts
• Working knowledge of electrical systems, control schematics, and functional safety standards
• Ability to travel up to 80%, including occasional international travel

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience integrating wireless control or E-Stop systems into mobile robotics platforms
• Familiarity with ROS, PLC-based systems, or industrial protocols (EtherNet/IP, Modbus)

The base salary for this position ranges from $115,000 to $150,000, based on qualifications, experience, and the level at which the candidate is hired. Total compensation may also include additional incentives and benefits.

The Sr. Customer Solutions Engineer is a customer-facing technical role responsible for enabling the successful integration of FORT products into customer robotic systems and platforms. This engineer will serve as FORT's primary technical presence at customer sites, guiding integration design, resolving implementation challenges, and ensuring customers achieve full functional and safety compliance with FORT's control systems. 

This is a high-impact, high-visibility position requiring strong technical depth, strong interpersonal communication, and the ability to operate independently in fast-paced industrial environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Travel to customer sites (up to 80%) to support integration of FORT wireless E-Stop and remote-control products into AGVs, AMRs, and custom automation platforms 
• Conduct integration design reviews, site assessments, and technical walkthroughs with customer engineering teams.
• Advise on integration architecture, including CAN bus topology, wiring schematics, and API-based software integration.
• Apply functional safety principles to validate safety-rated system designs
• Deliver remote integration support when appropriate with FORT customers. 
• Produce field reports, integration guides, and configuration documentation for internal and customer use.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Robotics, or related field
• 3–7 years in systems engineering, field applications, or technical integration in robotics or industrial automation
• Hands-on experience with CAN bus protocols and API integration in industrial contexts
• Working knowledge of electrical systems, control schematics, and functional safety standards
• Ability to travel up to 80%, including occasional international travel

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience integrating wireless control or E-Stop systems into mobile robotics platforms
• Familiarity with ROS, PLC-based systems, or industrial protocols (EtherNet/IP, Modbus)

The base salary for this position ranges from $115,000 to $150,000, based on qualifications, experience, and the level at which the candidate is hired. Total compensation may also include additional incentives and benefits.

FORT Robotics is hiring an Associate Accountant to join our Finance team and play a hands-on role in the day-to-day accounting operations that keep the company running smoothly. You'll work closely with the Senior Finance & Accounting Analyst and gain end-to-end exposure to the accounting cycle from AP/AR through month-end close at a stage where the systems and processes you help build will scale with the company. This is a high-visibility role on a small team. You will see your work reflected in board-level reporting within your first quarter.

What You'll Own

• Month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close: Support the full close cycle, ensuring deadlines are met with accuracy and the right level of documentation for an audit-ready environment.
• Perform monthly bank reconciliations and manage inventory reconciliations to ensure book-to-physical accuracy.
• Oversee the full-cycle AP/AR process — invoice processing, vendor management, collections, and payment application.
• Verify purchase orders against receipts and resolve discrepancies in partnership with Operations and Supply Chain.
• Prepare and post journal entries and maintain the integrity of the general ledger.
• Flag friction in current workflows and partner with Finance leadership to refine processes 

What You Bring

• 1–3 years of professional accounting experience, ideally including exposure to a full close cycle.
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting (preferred) or Finance.
• Proficiency in QuickBooks preferred/NetSuite a plus
• Strong working knowledge of GAAP, advanced Excel (VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP, Pivot Tables, basic modeling), and meticulous attention to detail.
• You're early in your career but ready to move quickly. You want to ramp in 30–60 days, not six months. You ask questions, document what you learn, and own outcomes without being chased.

About Us

We are on a mission to accomplish the impossible and build a safer future of autonomous and robotic machines. We are looking for a growth-minded and dynamic Infrastructure Engineer - Hardware-In-the-Loop (HIL) who embodies our values of excellence, ownership, collaboration, and effective communication.

Role Overview

We are seeking a Senior Engineer focused on building and scaling HIL test infrastructure and automation platforms. This role goes beyond test execution — you will design multi-bench systems, CI/CD-driven workflows, and reliable lab infrastructure to enable efficient, repeatable validation of Fort products.

Responsibilities

• Design and scale Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) benches for system and device-level validation
• Build infrastructure for multi-bench orchestration (scheduling, parallel execution, resource management)
• Build and manage DevOps workflows for test infrastructure, including pipeline automation, environment provisioning, and artifact management.
• Design and integrate CI/CD pipelines for hardware-based testing
• Build containerized (like Docker) environments for reproducible test execution
• Develop systems to control hardware programmatically (power, connectivity, devices)
• Improve lab infrastructure, fixtures, and test environments for scalability and reliability
• Build logging, metrics, and observability systems for debugging and traceability
• Collaborate with firmware, cloud, and hardware teams to resolve system-level issues
• Mentor engineers and drive best practices for scalable test infrastructure

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related discipline preferred
• 5+ years of experience in embedded systems, robotics, or hardware-software systems
• Strong experience with HIL/SIL systems or test infrastructure
• Proficiency in Python for automation/framework development
• Experience designing automation systems at scale (multi-device, multi-environment, or distributed systems)
• Strong experience with CI/CD systems (GitLab, Jenkins, or similar), including pipeline design and automation workflows
• Experience with containerization technologies (Docker) and building reproducible development and test environments
• Familiarity with DevOps practices and scalable system design
• Experience with embedded communication protocols (Ethernet, CAN, BLE, Wi-Fi)
• Strong debugging skills across hardware and software systems
• Ability to design modular, maintainable systems and work cross-functionally

Preferred

• Experience with distributed systems or orchestration platforms
• Experience with cloud/logging tools (Azure, Grafana, etc.)
• Knowledge of safety standards (IEC 61508, ISO 26262)
• Hands-on hardware/fixture design experience
• Interest in applying AI/ML in daily engineering workflows

The Role

You will own FORT's supply position end-to-end — vendor purchase orders, safety stock, contract manufacturer relationships, and demand planning. This is a hands-on role working directly alongside sales and customer experience leadership to balance forecast and inventory, and with engineering to build supply chains for new products.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and maintain safety stock levels for all active SKUs; flag risk before it becomes a customer problem
• Build rolling demand forecasts from Salesforce pipeline data and historical velocity; translate them into PO decisions aligned to CM lead times
• Own all purchase orders with Contract Manufacturers — placement, tracking, receipt confirmation, and escalation
• Drive improvement in supplier fill rates and lead time performance; develop dual-source options for high-concentration vendors
• Coordinate First Article Inspections for new CM batches with the Operations team
• Produce weekly and monthly KPI reports per SOP covering backorder rate, stock-out events, inspection pass rate, and inventory turn
• Maintain Fishbowl as the system of record; PO records, lead times, and stock data must be accurate and current
• Partner with Engineering during new product development to evaluate component sourcing options, establish approved vendor lists, and optimize BOM costs before designs are finalized.
• Support ISO 9001 compliance through auditable inventory and procurement records

What We're Looking For

• 4–6 years in supply chain, procurement, or inventory management in a hardware or contract manufacturing environment
• Direct CM relationship experience: PO management, lead time negotiation, and quality escalation
• Hands-on ERP/IMS proficiency 
• Ability to build demand forecasts from CRM pipeline data and act on them proactively
• Strong written communication skills; you will be escalating supply constraints to leadership before they affect customers
• Experience in robotics, defense, industrial automation, or similarly demanding hardware environments preferred
• ISO 9001 familiarity is a plus
• 1–2 years of experience leading, mentoring, or managing individuals, with a track record of fostering growth, accountability, and strong team performance