Apptronik is building robots for the real world to improve human quality of life and to help solve the ever-increasing labor shortage problem. Our team has been building some of the most advanced robots on the planet for years, dating back to the DARPA Robotics Challenge. We apply our expertise across the full robotics stack to some of the most important and impactful problems our society faces, and expect our products and technology to change the world for the better. We value passion, creativity, and collaboration to help us overcome existing technological barriers in the industry to create truly innovative products.
You will join a team developing state-of-the-art general-purpose robots designed to operate in human spaces and with human tools. It is designed to work alongside humans, mobilize to human spaces, and manipulate the world around it.
JOB SUMMARY
We're looking for a Senior Electrical Engineer with proven hands-on capabilities and a strong practical background. We are primarily interested in candidates who have developed and released products to the market in automotive, medical, personal electronics, enterprise, or robotics spaces. In this job role, you will develop electric systems from ideation to delivery for a variety of robotic platforms and projects. We value candidates with subject matter expertise in power electronics, motor drive, battery and charger development, functional safety, compliance, or PCBA design for excellence (DFx).
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
- 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
- Drive excellence in EMI/EMC/SI/PI and DFM/DFA
- 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
- Work with supply chain to manage bills of materials (BOM), component sourcing, and component substitutions
- Define electrical subsystem requirements based on system and product requirements
SKILLS AND REQUIREMENTS
- Experience architecting and designing batteries, battery management systems, charger systems, electrochemical simulations, OR
- Experience with high-performance power electronics, including multiphase converters and isolated power supply topologies, OR
- Experience with three-phase PMSM motor control, field-oriented control, flux-weakening control, and overmodulation, OR
- Experience with functional safety design, documentation, processes, and prior experience working with TÜV, OR
- Experience bringing a product through compliance testing including UL, CSA, FCC, CE, etc. OR
- Experience with PCBA manufacturing and DFx
- Interest and previous experience mentoring junior team members
- Competent in CAD tools including Altium, or similar tools
- Experience with simulation tools (ex: LTSpice, PSpice, Ansys, Simulink)
- Experience managing and defining electrical subsystem requirements in JAMA or similar requirements management system
- Experience working with product lifecycle management tools like Arena
- Excellent problem-solving and hardware debugging skills
- 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
- Travel up to 10% within US and internationally
EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE
- Bachelors, Masters, or PhD degree (or equivalent) in Electrical Engineering or related field
- At least 5 years of experience as an Electrical Engineer
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
- Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer
- Must be able to lift 15 pounds at times
- Vision to read printed materials and a computer screen
- Hearing and speech to communicate
*This is a direct hire. Please, no outside Agency solicitations.
Apptronik provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
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