At Serve Robotics, we’re reimagining how things move in cities. Our personable sidewalk robot is our vision for the future. It’s designed to take deliveries away from congested streets, make deliveries available to more people, and benefit local businesses.
The Serve fleet has been delighting merchants, customers, and pedestrians along the way in Los Angeles, Miami, Dallas, Atlanta and Chicago while doing commercial deliveries. We’re looking for talented individuals who will grow robotic deliveries from surprising novelty to efficient ubiquity.
Who We AreWe are tech industry veterans in software, hardware, and design who are pooling our skills to build the future we want to live in. We are solving real-world problems leveraging robotics, machine learning and computer vision, among other disciplines, with a mindful eye towards the end-to-end user experience. Our team is agile, diverse, and driven. We believe that the best way to solve complicated dynamic problems is collaboratively and respectfully.
About The Team
The dynamic and diverse Electrical Engineering team at Serve Robotics ensures product safety and effectiveness. Key to driving company success, they collaborate, innovate, and create efficient solutions for high-performance robotic applications.
Position Summary
The Senior Robotics Embedded Engineer drives hardware–firmware integration across multiple designs. This position guides early board bring-up, feature enablement, system integration, and test infrastructure development while collaborating closely with electrical, mechanical, and systems teams to ensure robust hardware performance.
Responsibilities
Lead firmware development for PCB bring-up, including power-on validation, peripheral testing, and interface bring-up.
Architect and implement low-level drivers, diagnostic tools, and early-stage test utilities for new hardware platforms.
Develop measurement, monitoring, and logging capabilities to assess hardware performance and reliability.
Partner with the hardware team to troubleshoot component, signal-integrity, and interface issues.
Own creation and maintenance of test firmware, automation scripts, and engineering validation tools.
Oversee configuration, execution, and debugging of hardware test benches, fixtures, and development platforms.
Provide technical leadership, mentorship, and guidance in root-cause analysis for hardware–firmware interaction issues.
Qualifications
Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related discipline.
7+ years of experience developing embedded firmware in C/C++, Python, and Bash.
Expertise with Linux and RTOS-based systems.
Strong understanding of real-time behavior, system bring-up, and low-level hardware interfaces.
Proficiency with CAN, UART, I2C, SPI, Ethernet, and related communication protocols.
Hands-on experience with oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, JTAG, and hardware debugging tools.
Background in robotics, consumer electronics, or complex electromechanical systems
Preferred Experience, Qualifications, and Skills
Familiarity with system modeling, control fundamentals, or sensor integration is a plus.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related discipline
- 7+ years of embedded firmware development experience
- Experience developing embedded firmware in C/C++, Python, and Bash
- Expertise with Linux and RTOS-based systems
- Strong understanding of real-time behavior, system bring-up, and low-level hardware interfaces
- Proficiency with CAN, UART, I2C, SPI, Ethernet, and related communication protocols
- Hands-on experience with oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, JTAG, and hardware debugging tools
- Background in robotics, consumer electronics, or complex electromechanical systems
- Familiarity with system modeling, control fundamentals, or sensor integration
Serve Robotics Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Equity Value & Accessibility — Equity is positioned as a meaningful part of total compensation through company equity incentive plans and active stock‑based awards. Filings and investor materials indicate broad use of options/RSUs consistent with growth‑stage tech compensation.
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Healthcare Strength — Core medical, dental, and vision coverage is provided alongside life and AD&D plus short‑ and long‑term disability insurance. Flexible spending accounts are also available to support healthcare needs.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Vacation and paid holidays are included as standard components of the package. Disclosures reference flexible or paid time off frameworks that can vary by department.
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What We Do
Serve Robotics (NASDAQ:SERV) develops advanced, AI-powered, low-emissions sidewalk delivery robots that endeavor to make delivery sustainable and economical. Spun off from Uber in 2021 as an independent company, Serve has completed tens of thousands of deliveries for enterprise partners such as Uber Eats and 7-Eleven. The company has scalable multi-year contracts, including a signed agreement to deploy up to 2,000 delivery robots on the Uber Eats platform across multiple U.S. markets.
