Senior Electrical Engineer
Senior Electrical Engineer designing, developing, and manufacturing electrical systems for autonomous construction robots. Owns end-to-end EE from architecture and PCB design through prototyping, validation, manufacturing scale-up, and field support in a lean, hands-on environment.
About the job
Electrical System Design & Development
- Design and develop electrical architectures for autonomous robotic systems
- Own schematic capture, PCB design oversight, component selection, and system integration
- Develop power distribution, battery management, motor control, sensing, and communication systems
- Define electrical requirements and interfaces across hardware and software subsystems
- Be responsible for EE prototype development, bring-up, debugging, validation, certification, and release to manufacturing
Product Development & Reliability
- Lead electrical hardware development from concept through production release
- Drive design reviews and ensure designs meet performance, reliability, safety, and cost targets
- Perform root cause analysis and troubleshooting for electrical and system-level issues, including diagnosing hardware returned from the field
- Develop and execute validation plans to verify system functionality and robustness
- Improve product reliability through testing, failure analysis, and continuous improvement initiatives — minimizing costly hardware do-overs through disciplined prototype testing and QA
Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Work closely with mechanical, firmware, software, and systems engineers to develop integrated robotic solutions
- Partner with manufacturing and supply chain teams to support design for manufacturability, assembly, and serviceability
- Contribute to system architecture decisions and tradeoff analyses across multiple engineering disciplines
- Support field deployments and incorporate customer feedback into future product improvements
- Proactively drive cross-team collaboration — on a lean team, alignment doesn't happen unless someone owns making it happen
Manufacturing & Scale
- Collaborate with contract manufacturers and suppliers to support production builds
- Drive component selection, qualification, and lifecycle management
- Develop test strategies and production validation processes
- Support transition from prototype to volume manufacturing while maintaining product quality and reliability
Innovation & Technical Leadership
- Help define the electrical architecture of future generations of Dusty's robotic platforms
- Evaluate and integrate emerging technologies in sensing, power electronics, controls, and robotics
- Mentor junior engineers and contribute to engineering best practices — several teammates are early in their careers and rely on your discipline and guidance
- Be part of a cross-disciplinary team solving challenges spanning robotics, electronics, firmware, software, printing, optics, and autonomous systems
Requirements
- 7+ years of experience developing electrical systems for complex electromechanical products
- Strong experience designing and debugging mixed-signal, embedded, and power electronics systems
- Experience taking products from prototype through production and manufacturing scale-up
- Experience with battery-powered systems, motor controls, sensors, and embedded hardware
- A genuinely hands-on attitude — comfortable breadboarding, testing, and consistently running QA on your own designs
- Strong hands-on debugging and lab troubleshooting skills
- Familiarity with design for manufacturability (DFM), design for testability (DFT), and reliability engineering principles
- Hands-on schematic capture and PCB design experience in Altium (non-negotiable)
Nice-to-Haves
- Altium proficiency (noted as nice-to-have in one section but non-negotiable in requirements)
Skills
Altium, Pcb Design, Schematic Capture, Power Electronics, Motor Control, Battery Management, Embedded Systems, Mixed-Signal Design, DFM, Dft, Reliability Engineering
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