Medical Robotics - Embedded Software Engineer

Who We Are

AutonomUS is an MIT/MGH spinout building an AI-enabled, ultrasound-guided robotic systems that automates life-saving medical interventions currently limited to expert physicians. Our flagship device combines real-time computer vision, robotics, and edge AI into a compact, elegant, handheld platform.

We are backed by the Department of Defense, have earned FDA Breakthrough Device Designation, and collaborate closely with a world-class team at MIT Lincoln Laboratory and leading physicians at the Massachusetts General Hospital. This is a rare opportunity to join at the ground floor of a high-potential medical robotics company with deep technical foundations and real-world impact.

What You'll Do

You'll be a foundational team member, shaping a complex, high-performance life-saving medical product. Your work will span the full embedded/robotics stack, from perception to actuation, and you'll collaborate with physician-inventors, roboticists, and systems engineers to build real-world software that matters. You'll work on-site with the hardware engineering team in our lab space in Cambridge, MA - just blocks from the MIT campus.

You will:

• Architect, design, and implement embedded software for real-time control of medical robotic systems.
• Develop firmware and drivers for microcontrollers, SoCs, and real-time operating systems (RTOS).
• Integrate hardware (sensors, actuators, motor controllers) with embedded software.
• Ensure compliance with IEC 62304 and FDA/ISO software development lifecycle standards.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (systems, electrical, mechanical, QA, regulatory).
• Perform code reviews, unit testing, and integration testing.
• Contribute to and manage safety-critical software risk management and documentation.
• Optimize embedded code for reliability, performance, and low power consumption. Write production-grade embedded software for FDA-regulated, safety-critical robotic medical devices
• Work within a principled engineering culture: fast-moving, deeply collaborative, zero fluff, high standards

What You Bring

Education: Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.

Experience: 5+ years of professional experience in embedded software development in medical devices.

Programming Languages:

• Expert in C and C++ (C++11/14/17 preferred) for embedded systems.
• Experience with Python for testing, scripting, and automation.

Real-Time Systems:

• Strong experience with RTOS (e.g., FreeRTOS, Zephyr).
• Familiarity with real-time scheduling, inter-process communication, and concurrency.

Hardware/Low-Level Development:

• Experience with ARM Cortex-M / Cortex-A microcontrollers, SoCs, and DSPs.
• Experience with SPI, I2C, UART, CAN, USB, Bluetooth, and Ethernet communication protocols.
• Experience with motor control and sensor integration.

Tools & Development Environment:

• Proficiency with Git, CMake, and CI/CD pipelines for embedded development.
• Debugging with JTAG/SWD, oscilloscopes, and logic analyzers.

Medical Device Standards:

• Familiarity with IEC 62304, ISO 13485, IEC 60601, and risk management (ISO 14971).
• Strong understanding of safety-critical software development and documentation practices.
• Comfort building early-stage, FDA-regulated products where iteration, precision, and speed matter

Team Fit:

• Excellent communication skills, sharp judgment, and a team-first mindset
• Strong attention to detail and the ability to ship
• A track record of delivering results under pressure in startup or production environments
• A personality that balances cordiality, emotional stability, and intellectual sharpness. We work hard, we support each other, and we aim to win.

If you're excited by complexity, driven by purpose, and capable of turning ideas into product-grade code, you'll thrive here.

Why AutonomUS

• Build technology that literally saves lives.
• Join a world-class team across MIT Lincoln Laboratory, MGH, and the Department of Defense.
• Work on hard problems, with high autonomy, in a mission-critical environment.
• Share in the company's future. We are laser-focused on a major exit, and our team will be rewarded accordingly.

Help redefine how interventional medicine is delivered across the world and improve access to high-quality care in low resource environments.