- Robot type
- Humanoid
- Location
- San FranciscoCaliforniaUSA
- Job type
- Hardware
- Posted
- Jul 22, 2026
Full-time
Staff Electrical Engineer (Actuators)
Job description
Foundation Robotics — Staff Electrical Engineer (Actuators) (San Francisco, California).
Job requirements
- 5+ years of professional or equivalent experience in motor controls, power electronics, or related fields
- Degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics, or related field. A Ph.D. or equivalent experience is a plus.
- Experience designing motor controllers or other power electronics for precision applications, preferably in robotics or advanced automation
- Strong understanding of inverter circuit and topology design, current sensing, and control algorithms.
- Deep proficiency in building embedded architectures, from silicon and SoC selection to low-level firmware and integration of hardware and software.
- Experience with thermal and electrical efficiency optimization in high-performance systems.
- Comfortable working with simulation tools for control systems (e.g., MATLAB/Simulink) and circuit design (e.g., Altium, LTspice).
- Demonstrated collaboration with cross-disciplinary teams to integrate overall robotic systems.
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