JOB SUMMARY

We're looking for an experienced Electrical Engineer with proven hands-on capabilities and a strong practical background. We are primarily interested in candidates with prior implementation experience in robotics hardware. In this job role, you will develop electric systems from ideation to delivery for a variety of robotic platforms and projects.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES or KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Work closely with various engineering teams to conceptualize, specify, and implement electrical architectures for various robotic platforms to include robotic manipulators and humanoid robotic systems
• Rapid prototyping of electrical systems at both system and board levels
• Generate design documentation such as schematics, block diagrams, test plans and procedures, fabrication and assembly drawings
• Specify and select electrical components such as microcontrollers, microprocessors, memory, drivers and others
• Convert prototype designs to custom circuit board specifications. Capture electronics schematics and generate PCB designs for manufacturing
• Perform board bring-up activities including embedded firmware development and circuit validation
• Create and execute test plans for intermediate and final products, including test fixture design and software development
• Participate in the debugging and root cause analysis related to hardware and software defect resolution
• Interface with internal and external manufacturing teams to enhance design for test, manufacturing, and assembly
• Support existing engineering products through debugging and upgrading designs

SKILLS AND REQUIREMENTS

• Interest and previous experience mentoring junior team members
• Competent in CAD tools including Altium, or similar tools
• Experience designing high speed systems (computers, networking, etc.)
• Familiarity with architecting computer and networking systems
• Proficient in designing high speed busses (ethernet, etherCAT, MII, DDR3, etc)
• Excellent problem-solving and debugging skills
• Experient with computer architecture, memory hierarchy, and cache subsystems
• Strong understanding of power-efficient design techniques
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Documentation experience - will be expected to develop detailed build assembly instructions and diagrams
• [Nice to Have] Prior experience designing electronics for lightweight, space-constrained systems
• [Nice to Have] Experience implementing embedded systems on robots and troubleshooting hardware
• [Nice to Have] Knowledge of emerging technologies such as AI accelerators or quantum computing is a plus

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

• Bachelors, Masters, or PhD degree (or equivalent) in Electrical Engineering or related field
• 10+ years of experience as an Electrical Engineer

QUALITIES

• Exceptional attention to detail and engineering discipline
• Creative, curious, analytical, and disciplined
• Capable of multi-tasking and managing multiple deadlines
• Great team-player able to communicate effectively and perform within an interdisciplinary and dynamic start-up environment