Designs and integrates electrical and mechanical systems for humanoid robots, including PCB development, new robot form factors, rapid prototyping, deployment, and troubleshooting. The role requires hands-on experience with robotics, embedded systems, Linux and ROS 2, CAD and ECAD tools, electronics testing equipment, actuators, CAN bus, batteries, industrial requirements, component sourcing, and vendor coordination.
Requirements/Qualifications
What You’ll Do
What We’re Looking For
Why This Role
Compensation
- Has a degree in Computer Science, Robotics, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Robotics Engineering, or a related field.
- Has a citizenship/does not require any immigration or visa assistance.
- Full time role
- Design and integrate electrical and mechanical systems.
- Create PCBs for humanoid robots.
- Place cutting edge robots in real deployments.
- Create new robot form factors for various applications
- Rapidly prototype, and iterate based on changing demands.
- Experience with electromechanical systems or robotics.
- Excellent knowledge of electrical engineering.
- Experience with hand tools and disassembly, assembly, and documentation of systems.
- Experience with Linux based operating systems (ROS 2 especially).
- Experience with computer assembly and bandwidth architecture (USB and PCIE standards).
- Skills in CAD and embedded systems.
- Strong hands-on engineering and troubleshooting ability for both electrical and mechanical systems.
- Experience with 3D CAD software.
- Experience with ECAD software.
- Familiarity with typical electronics tools such as oscilloscopes and logic analyzers.
- Experience with typical humanoid systems (BLDC actuators, CANbus, lithium based batteries).
- Understanding of industrial requirements (IP Rating, MTBF).
- Experience with component sourcing and dealing with vendors.
- Familiarity with GD&T
- Direct impact on company results.
- Creating cutting edge robots for real deployments.
The base pay range for this role is $100,000 – $200,000 per year.
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