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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # (Senior) Electronics Engineer, Hardware & Firmware - **Company:** TACTILIA robotics - **Location:** München, Germany - **Experience:** Expert - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Altium Designer, Software Applications, ARM Architecture, Booting (BIOS), C++ (Programming Language), CANopen, Software Debugging, Electronic Design Automation, Ethernet, EtherCAT, Firmware, Real-Time Operating Systems, Schematic Capture, Signal Integrity, Information Technology, Bare Metal, Pcb Layout - **Published:** September 3, 2026 - **Apply:** https://de.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=d3bd5fa0e548f900 ## About the Role * A degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics, Robotics, or a related field. * 5-10 years of experience developing embedded hardware and firmware for mechatronic products, including at least one product taken into series production. * Proven expertise in schematic capture and multilayer PCB layout (Altium, KiCad, or similar), specifically for space-constrained, mixed-signal designs. * Strong C/C++ skills on bare-metal or RTOS (ARM Cortex-M or similar) with a deep understanding of timing, concurrency, memory, and register-level hardware control. * Hands-on experience with BLDC/DC motor driver design, current/velocity/position control loops, and low-level sensor interfacing. * A strong hardware mindset: you enjoy lab bring-up, signal-integrity debugging, and getting to the bottom of transient issues with a scope or logic analyzer. * Fluent English; German is a plus, not a requirement. ## Description As an Electronics Engineer (Embedded Hardware & Firmware) at TACTILIA Robotics, you will help design and build the physical and low-level intelligence that brings our robotic hands to life. You will own the complete embedded hardware and firmware stack-from schematics and high-density multilayer layouts to the real-time C/C++ firmware running directly on the metal. Fitting multiple drives, high-density tactile arrays, and power electronics into a hand-sized volume means every decision is a tight balance of space, thermals, signal integrity, and manufacturability. You will work closely with the CTO and cross-functional team, moving smoothly between architecture, circuit design, and the lab to solve complex problems where physics meets code., * Build control hardware and firmware that can't miss a beat. Search, evaluate, test, and integrate actuator hardware alongside motor drivers for compact servo drives; write deterministic real-time firmware (C/C++) for control loops, timing-critical execution, limit monitoring, and fault handling. * Choose the right sensor and make the data mean something. Search, evaluate, test, and integrate sensor hardware for tactile sensing and proprioception (position and force); design low-noise readout electronics, signal conditioning, filtering, and calibration pipelines to deliver clean, low-latency telemetry to the software stack. * Ship rock-solid bootloaders and drivers. Build field-updatable bootloaders, low-level drivers, and secure, fail-safe update strategies across product generations-documented and reliable, not tribal knowledge. * Build interfaces customers actually want to integrate. Implement and maintain fieldbus and hardware communication layers (EtherCAT, CANopen, Ethernet) aligned cleanly with higher-level software and robot controllers. * Debug on real hardware. Own the lab bring-up process from first power-on to full validation. Trace issues across the hardware, firmware, and mechanical boundaries with scopes, logic analyzers, and thermal imaging. * Build security into the product from day one. Support Cyber Resilience Act compliance by integrating secure boot, signed firmware updates, and hardware-level trust mechanisms early in the design cycle. * Build for series production, not just the lab. Design for manufacturing and test (DFM/DFT), select resilient supply-chain components with second sources, run EMC pre-compliance, and drive hardware through production ramp-up. * Work across the whole team. 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