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Robot type
Service and Consumer
Location
San FranciscoCaliforniaUSA
Job type
Software
Posted
Mar 10, 2026
Full-time

Motor Control Firmware Engineer

Job description

Movement is a powerful way to build physical, mental and social health. Yet it is elusive for 2 billion people due to age, injury, or disability. We are building products that will restore mobility for millions and enable a new frontier of joyful movement experiences. We want to build a future where a grandparent can easily outrun their grandkids and no one is left behind at the trailhead.

Skip is a 22-person early-stage start-up that spun out of Google X in 2023. With deep cross-disciplinary expertise and key partnerships (e.g. with Arc’teryx) we are uniquely positioned to launch the first commercially successful wearable robotic device , the MO/GO , develop a platform to launch future…

Job responsibilities

  • Understand every element of our mechatronics system ; being the go-to person for troubleshooting
  • Guide design and development decisions for future iterations of the product, and future systems; including battery and motor specifications, motor control chip selection and firmware requirements
  • Own the testing protocol to validate performance of the mechatronics at volumes and standards relevant to consumer products (and work with our Test Engineer to execute)
  • Help us precisely control a range of actuators including off-the-shelf BLDCs, custom PMSM and axial flux motors, cycloid gearboxes, and series elastic actuators, including writing firmware for our motor control chip…
  • Characterize and model our actuators for open-loop and closed-loop torque control. Create thermal models and evaluate the thermal limits of the actuator.
  • Own the process of productising our novel actuation systems as standalone products and components of a broader platform
  • Wear prototypes several hours a week to participate in data collection, on-body testing and provide feedback
  • Bring joy t o the team, participate in embarrassing team events, tolerate KZ’s terrible music
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