- Robot type
- Robot AI and Software
- Location
- San FranciscoCaliforniaUSA
- Job type
- Hardware
- Posted
- May 27, 2026
- Salary
- $287,000–$423,000 a year
Electrical Engineer, Robotics
Job description
Our Robotics team is focused on unlocking general-purpose robotics and advancing toward AGI-level intelligence in dynamic, real-world environments. Working across the full model and systems stack, we integrate cutting-edge hardware and software to explore a broad range of robotic form factors. We strive to seamlessly blend high-level AI capabilities with the physical constraints of real-world systems to improve people’s lives.
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Job responsibilities
- Own significant portions of the electrical architecture for compact, highly integrated robotic and electromechanical systems, including sensing, communication, power distribution, and actuator interfaces.
- Design and implement compact electronics spanning circuit design, component selection, PCB layout, bring-up, validation, and deployment.
- Build and validate hardware in integrated robotic systems, driving issues from first observation through root cause and design resolution.
- Partner closely with mechanical, firmware, software, controls, manufacturing, and research teams to deliver coherent system-level solutions.
- Make thoughtful engineering tradeoffs across performance, size, power, reliability, manufacturability, and iteration speed.
- Have 6+ years of experience developing electrical systems for robotics, consumer electronics, medical devices, wearables, cameras, or other tightly integrated electromechanical products.
- Have personally owned hardware from concept through PCB layout, bring-up, validation, and deployment.
- Enjoy designing compact, high-density electronics that must fit within severe mechanical constraints.
Job requirements
- Experience with GMSL, MIPI/CSI, FPD-Link, or other high-speed camera interfaces.
- Experience with multi-board robotic or electromechanical systems that include distributed sensing, actuation, and real-time communication.
- Experience bringing hardware through EVT/DVT-style builds, low-volume production, or contract-manufacturer-supported builds.
- Familiarity with writing bring-up, test, or diagnostic firmware in C, C++, Rust, or Python.
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