Intern, Firmware Engineering (Jan 2026 - Aug 2026)

Your New Role and Team

Sanctuary AI–a multi award-winning LinkedIn Top Startup company - is looking to hire a firmware engineering intern. The Embedded Systems team is composed of both electronics and firmware engineers. The team works closely together to create custom products to be consumed by other teams such as Controls and ML.

Our Success Criteria

• Develop firmware for a variety of embedded systems as well as maintain and update existing firmware systems as needed
• Collaborate with the electrical and mechanical team to develop robust embedded systems
• Work with electrical and firmware team to develop and complete device/system test plans
• Develop unit tests in C/C++ for new or existing firmware
• Develop HIL tests and infrastructure
• Develop drivers for sensors/components
• Electrical tests and debug with standard tools (oscilloscope, logic analyzer, in-circuit debug, digital multimeter, etc)

Your Experience

Qualifications

• Pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in electrical/computer engineering, computer science, mechatronics engineering, engineering physics, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience
• Fluency with C/C++ for embedded systems, and ability to deliver high-quality code
• Knowledge of ARM or equivalent embedded microcontroller architectures
• Knowledge of software version control such as git

Skills

• Experience interfacing with sensors through communication protocols such as I2C/SPI/CAN/Ethercat
• Experience developing in an RTOS environment and writing low-level drivers
• Experience developing in a linux based environment
• Fluency with using oscilloscopes, multimeters, logic analyzers and various other electrical engineering tools.
• Proven track record of delivering high quality design documentation, test reports, and other documentation

Traits

• Above all else, a consistently positive attitude and a willingness to do whatever it takes to create robust solutions to complex problems
• Optimistic listening and conflict resolution capabilities
• Demonstrated ability to influence others without authority
• Eager to take on new challenges with tenacity and positivity
• Patience, persistence, and attention to detail when resolving performance issues
• Obsession with bringing human-like intelligence to machines

Working at Sanctuary AI

Sanctuary AI is an equal opportunity employer; employment with Sanctuary AI is governed based on skills, competence, and qualifications and will not be influenced in any way by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability, or any other legally protected status. In 2023, Sanctuary AI moved into a state-of-the-art office facility and has been recognized by LinkedIn as a Top Startup company.

Compensation and Benefits

Sanctuary offers a market-leading compensation package that includes competitive salaries, equity stakes, and a full suite of benefits for permanent employees, encompassing health coverage, paid time off, cutting-edge work facilities, and worksite flexibility by role. Our commitment to fairness ensures that our total compensation consistently surpasses market standards.

About Sanctuary AI

Founded in 2018, Sanctuary builds humanoid robots and a novel control system for them that integrates symbolic logic and reasoning with data-driven robot foundation models. We use our robots to collect vision, audio, touch, and proprioception data from the perspective of the robot while they perform real-world work tasks. We use that data to train multimodal robot foundation models. Because our systems are vertically integrated, we can design, deploy, and refine at scale. Our mission is to create the world's first human-like intelligence in general-purpose robots.

Recruiting and Employment Agency Notice:

Recruitment and hiring is conducted internally by Sanctuary AI. We are not seeking or soliciting any new agency partnerships or agreements at this time. Any employment agency or professional recruiter (“Agency”) that provides an unsolicited resume(s) or otherwise presents a prospective job candidate through the Sanctuary AI career site or directly to any Sanctuary AI employee, irrevocably grants to Sanctuary AI the unrestricted right to engage, hire, or contract with that candidate at Sanctuary AI's sole discretion without any compensation to the Agency. We appreciate your interest in working together, and should the need arise our Talent Acquisition team will contact any external firms directly.