Senior Firmware Engineer

We are seeking a Senior Firmware Engineer to own the embedded firmware that drives the robotic modules at the heart of our platform the pumps, valves, sensors, and motion systems that physically carry out chemistry. You will take firmware from architecture through to robust, production-grade code running across our fleet of robotic systems, working closely with electronics, mechanical, and platform-software engineers.

What sets this role apart is how close to the chemistry you will be: the firmware you write is the layer where code becomes physical motion and real reactions and as a senior engineer you will shape how that layer is built.

If owning embedded firmware on a platform that makes molecules sounds like the right shape of job for you, wed love to welcome you to our team., * Architect, develop, test, and maintain embedded firmware for instrument and robotics modules.

• Own firmware for subsystems end to end from requirements and design through bring-up, validation, and production.
• Work close to the metal: microcontrollers, motion control, sensors, actuators, and communication buses.
• Partner with electronics engineers on board bring-up and hardware/firmware interfaces, and with platform-software on higher-level control.
• Drive firmware quality: testing, code review, CI for embedded, and robust real-time behaviour.
• Mentor junior firmware engineers and help set the teams embedded standards and practices.

You are an experienced embedded engineer who likes owning firmware from architecture to hardware on the bench. You care about robustness in the real world where a missed edge case means a stalled robot, not just a failed test and you raise the bar for the people around you., * 5+ years developing embedded/firmware for electromechanical or robotic systems, including production-grade work.

• Strong C/C++ (and ideally [Python] for tooling/test), with solid embedded fundamentals.
• Deep understanding of microcontrollers, real-time behaviour, interrupts, timers, and communication buses (I²C, SPI, UART, CAN).
• Hands-on bring-up and debugging across the firmware/hardware boundary (oscilloscope, logic analyser), with a methodical approach to root cause.
• STM32 experience.
• Experience owning firmware subsystems end to end and lifting the people around you.

Beneficial Skills

• Motion control, closed-loop control, or RTOS experience.
• Familiarity with hardware design and reading schematics, and close collaboration with electronics engineers.
• Exposure to robotics, lab instrumentation, or other precision electromechanical systems.
• Embedded CI/test infrastructure and firmware-update/bootloader design.

Chemify is revolutionising chemistry. We are creating a future where the synthesis of previously unimaginable molecules, drugs, and materials is instantly accessible. By combining AI, robotics, and the worlds largest continually expanding database of chemical programs, we are accelerating chemical discovery to improve quality of life and extend the reach of humanity.