Senior/Staff/Principal Electrical Engineer

About the role

We are seeking an experienced embedded engineer to help build an advanced, integrated manipulation system for custom robots. You will lead electrical engineering efforts and architect software solutions for high-performance, reliable embedded systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead electrical engineering efforts for custom robots, including system architecture for communications and power electronics
• Design custom power electronics: motor controllers, battery management systems, and power distribution
• Develop and test firmware for embedded systems
• Prototype, iterate, and validate designs
• Integrate sensing and cameras
• Oversee PCBA bring-up, validation, and troubleshooting
• Architect, design, and implement software solutions for high-performance and reliable embedded systems

Requirements

• BS, MS, or higher in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field
• 5+ years of experience in bringing robotic or consumer products to market
• Proficient in C, C++, and Python programming
• Strong background in power electronics design and debugging
• Experience in firmware development, debugging, and testing for microcontrollers
• Advanced knowledge of embedded RTOS, concurrency primitives, and bare-metal concepts such as ISRs
• Deep familiarity with common bus protocols, including I2C, UART, SPI, etc.

Nice to haves

• Motor drive experience / BLDC drives
• Motor communications over a bus system such as CAN, Ethercat, or Ethernet
• Battery-powered robot experience
• EMC / EMI expertise