Sr. Engineer - Electronics

Job description

Job responsibilities

• Own the electrical design of critical subsystems on the Q-UGV platform, including motor control, position and IMU sensing, high speed communications, and battery management.
• Integrate diverse payload sensors (RGB, thermal/IR, time of flight, gas, audio, and task specific) onto the platform, translating customer functional requirements into production ready electronics.
• Drive PCB schematic capture and layout from prototype through bring up, debug, and volume production, and work directly with contract manufacturers on fab, assembly, and yield.
• Design and review power architectures for battery powered systems, including regulator selection, power distribution, and protection circuits appropriate for ruggedized deployment.
• Lead design reviews, mentor junior electronics engineers, and raise the bar on schematic quality, layout discipline, and revision control hygiene across the team.
• Debug hardware systematically at the bench and in the field, isolating root cause across electrical, firmware, and mechanical boundaries.
• Partner with the Head of Electronics and Firmware on architecture decisions, technology selection, and long-range electronics roadmap.

Job requirements

• 7+ years of hands-on PCB schematic and layout design experience, with at least one full product cycle taken from concept to volume production.
• Demonstrated ownership of prototype PCB assembly, bring up, and debug, and direct experience working with contract manufacturers on fab and assembly.
• Strong high speed digital layout experience, including signal integrity awareness on interfaces such as Ethernet (up to gigabit), USB 3.x, and PCIe.
• Proven experience designing power electronics for battery powered systems, including regulator design and power line layout for mid to high power applications.
• Expertise in Altium Designer.
• Disciplined revision control practices and rigorous hardware documentation habits.
• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related technical field.