C / CPP developer

7th Unit is building a wheeled upper-body humanoid robot for industrial deployment in Central Asia and Eastern Europe. This is a founding role, you own the perception architecture from day one.

What you'll do

• Build and own the full perception stack for v1 — object detection, depth estimation, workspace understanding
• Integrate perception with manipulation and motion planning systems
• Deploy and optimize perception pipelines on edge hardware (Jetson Orin or equivalent)
• Work directly on the physical robot — debugging real hardware, not simulations
• Develop the data pipeline for continuous improvement of perception performance

What we need

• 3+ years building perception systems for real robotic platforms — not research only
• Strong foundation in computer vision, 3D data processing, and sensor fusion
• Proficiency in Python and C++, hands-on experience with ROS2
• Experience deploying perception on edge compute hardware
• You have debugged a perception system on a physical robot under real operating conditions

Structure

• Position starts Q3 2026
• Equity negotiated directly, founding engineer package
• Remote during pre-build phase. In-person required from prototype assembly onward

As a Software Engineer III – Unreal Engine, you’ll be a core technical contributor and leader on a team building high-end AAA PC/Console experiences. You’ll take ownership of critical game systems, mentor other engineers, and help define technical direction. Working alongside art, design, and production, your experience and engineering insight will shape the gameplay, tools, and systems that bring our ambitious projects to life.

What You’ll Do

• Architect, implement, and optimize complex systems in Unreal Engine 5 using C++
• Lead development of gameplay, systems, and core tech features
• Collaborate with designers, artists, and producers to ensure technical feasibility and creative alignment
• Mentor junior engineers and uphold best engineering practices
• Drive performance improvements across PC and console builds
• Participate in planning, tech reviews, and cross-functional coordination

What We’re Looking For

• 7+ years of experience in Unreal Engine-based game development
• Deep expertise in C++ and Unreal Engine internals (e.g., Gameplay Framework, Replication, UObjects, GAS, )
• Experience with multiplayer, AI, Bots, Physics and rendering systems
• Shipped multiple PC/Console titles with significant system ownership
• Excellent debugging, profiling, and performance-tuning skills
• Strong software architecture skills and understanding of real-time game systems
• Proven leadership and mentoring abilities

Nice to Have

• Familiarity with Unreal Editor tooling, plugins, and build systems
• Knowledge of Agile production pipelines
• Contributions to tool development or tech pipelines
• Understanding of AI-Tools and ability to adapt them in workflows to improve productivity

Job Category: Engineering

Job Type: Full Time

Job Location: Hyderabad

C, C++ , Linux , Device Driver , Linux Internals ,

Processor knowledge like Arm , Intel , Protocol SPI , I2C . Networking experience,

L2 protocols knowledge, knowledge on Python/Perl ,

Broadcom DNX/XGS device experience is desirable,

Interested to learn New things,

C,C++, LINUX INTERNAL OR IPC, LINUX OS CONCEPTS, DEVICE DRIVERS,

PROCESSOR KNOWLEDGE

SCRIPTING KNOWLEDGE EIHER PYTHON OR PERL

• Strong C/C++ programming hands on experience
• Should have work experience on firmware development with strong Linux internals.
• Very good development, design and debugging experience on embedded firmware.
• Added advantage to have experience on Systems management/Out of Band/BMC domain experience
• Good to have automation experience using Python or shell scripting  
• Excellent communication and problem solving skills  
• Experience on tools like JIRA, Yocto, Visual studio, etc.

Role & Responsibilities

• Strong proficiency in C++ with minimum 2 years of Development
• Knowledge of the STL, containers, algorithms and data
• Good understanding on Design patterns and memory
• Familiarity with debugging tools, such as Valgrind, winDBG, WireShark is an additional advantage.

Desired Experience

• (2-6 Years) of Experience as C++ Developer

You’ll be our: Firmware Engineer

You’ll be based at: IBC Knowledge Park, Bengaluru

You’ll be Aligned with: Embedded Manager

You’ll be a member of: Vehicle Software

What you’ll do at Ather:

A successful candidate is expected to lead the Firmware development and integration effort for various Ather products and be responsible for qualifying and integrating FW at various stages with HW. Responsibilities include:

• Understanding requirements from different stakeholders and translating these to application features

• Writing high quality source code to program complete applications within deadlines

• Unit-testing code for robustness, including edge cases, usability, and general reliability

• Performing functional and non-functional testing

• Troubleshooting and debugging applications

• Designing creative prototypes according to specifications

• Evaluating existing applications to reprogram, update and add new features

• Developing technical documents and handbooks to accurately represent application design and code

• Identifying and communicating possible risks along with preventive and corrective measures

• Designing HW/SW integration while working with HW/Algorithms/Cloud teams to deliver an integrated solution. 

Here’s what we are looking for: 

Must have: 

• ECU Software development experience (any of the ARM based Auto ECUs Body Electronics/Infotainment/ Powertrain/Cluster) 

• Previous experience with Low level firmware, Boot loaders, Device Drivers development 

• Hands on Experience Communication Protocols CAN, I2C, SPI, RS232

• Experience with static analyser, JTAG tools etc…

• Knowledge in Assembly and compilers

• Strong testing & debugging skills, experience with logic analysers

• Language: C, C++

Nice to have:

• Knowledge of HW design for ECUs

• Experience with UDS, AutoSAR, ISO26262, MISRA Guidelines 

• Previous experience with SIL and HIL Testing as well as Test case generation for the same.

• Hand on experience in using CAN tools & CAPL Scripts, Bus Master

• Real Time operating Systems, Python, Matlab/Simulink

You bring to Ather:

• BE/B.tech/B.Sc is minimum req with minimum 2-6 years of prior industry experience.

Position Title: Embedded Software Developer (Linux Driver Development)

Experience: 4 - 10 Years

Mode of Hire: Permanent, Deployed at Client Location.

Work Location: Hyderabad

Notice Period: Max. 20 - 30 Days (Early Joiners will be preferable).

What we are looking for?

Must Have:

• Should have strong proficiency in C, C++ and Embedded Systems (embedded C)
• Should have 4+ years of experience in Linux Driver Development, Application development
• Excellent debugging skills at kernel and user space and exposure to different debugging tools
• High level understanding of ARM & RISC (Instructions) OR MB Processor and Assembly Programming

Good to Have:

• Any Driver development exposure in Multimedia, Exposure to any one of the Linux Kernel Framework (Display, Camera Drivers, HDMI, GPU, MIPI, DRM framework, V4L2, etc.)