- Robot type
- Humanoid
- Location
- AustinTexasUSA
- Job type
- Hardware
- Posted
- Aug 14, 2026
Full-time
Staff Electrical Engineer - Sensor FPGA and PCB (Aggregator)
Job description
We're looking for a Staff Electrical Engineer to architect the electronics for Apollo’s sensor bridge. Strong candidates will have experience with FPGA hardware for both PCBA design and RTL development. This role works closely with the perception team to give Apollo sight and enable critical safety functions. This role owns the full electrical and FPGA stack of one board, end to end: requirements, architecture, schematic capture, layout guidance, RTL, bring-up, validation, and the transition to production.
Apptronik is a human-centered robotics company developing AI-powered robots to support humanity in every facet of life.
Job responsibilities
- Electronics & FPGA Architect from Concept to Production: Own requirements definition, part selection, schematic capture, layout guidance, and RTL architecture for a multi-Gbps, mixed-signal PCBA that aggregates camera…
- High-Speed & Mixed-Signal Hardware Design: Design and validate high-speed digital interfaces (CSI-2, GMSL2/FPD-Link/PoC, 10GbE) including signal integrity, impedance control, and length-matching.
- FPGA Device Selection, Architecture, and RTL Development: Define FPGA device selection and architecture for the sensor bridge node(s).
- Validation, Bring-Up, and Debugging: Develop and execute validation plans spanning board-level and FPGA-level testing.
- Lifecycle Management & Vendor Alignment: Own the entire component lifecycle through PLM systems, managing third-party relationships with hardware vendors and contract manufacturers (CMs) to ensure successful production…
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, including technical lead, project managers, software, mechanical, thermal, systems engineers, and manufacturing.
- Technical Leadership: Drive project execution with leadership, program management, and engineering peers. Define component roadmaps with product managers, systems engineers, and technical leads.
Job requirements
- Strong, demonstrated depth in FPGA hardware design for time-sensitive, high-performance applications (image processing, high-speed data acquisition, real-time networking, or similar), including:
- FPGA device selection and architecture definition
- RTL development in VHDL and/or Verilog
- High-speed interface design (CSI-2, GMSL/SerDes, Ethernet, PCIe, or comparable)
- Timing closure, clock-domain crossing, and resource optimization
- Integration of high-speed transceivers and external PHY devices
- FPGA tool flows (Vivado, Quartus, or Lattice Radiant) and simulation (ModelSim/Questa or equivalent)
- Deep understanding of high-speed digital design fundamentals: signal integrity, impedance-controlled routing, differential pairs, stack-up, and timing analysis across the board-to-FPGA boundary.