Robotics Electrical Systems Designer

Finiterobotics; Kitchener; Hybrid; CAD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Finiterobotics in Canada is seeking an Electrical Systems Designer to own system-level electrical architecture for our robotic platform. You will lead power distribution, power conversion, circuit protection, and integration of motors, sensors, embedded controllers, and edge compute hardware.

You will work hands-on across the development lifecycle—from schematic and PCB design to bench testing and field validation—ensuring reliable performance in outdoor environments and coordinating with

Qualifications

• Must have direct, hands-on experience designing mixed-voltage electrical systems for robotics.

Responsibilities

• Develop power distribution, power conversion and circuit protection systems.
• Design, test, and integrate custom PCBs for our power systems and control boards.
• Design, source, and validate wiring harnesses and electrical interconnects, including connector selection, conductor sizing, shielding, strain relief, and routing through moving assemblies.
• Create verification plans and validate electrical systems against functional, environmental, thermal, transient, and fault-handling requirements.
• Recognize when to build vs. buy and when to design in-house vs. outsource to meet objectives.

Skills

Mixed-voltage design

PCB design

BLDC motors

Embedded systems

Contractor management

CAN bus interfaces

EMI mitigation

Grounding and shielding

Tools

KiCAD

Altium

Job description

Finiterobotics in Canada is seeking an Electrical Systems Designer to own system-level electrical architecture for our robotic platform. You will lead power distribution, power conversion, circuit protection, and integration of motors, sensors, embedded controllers, and edge compute hardware.

You will work hands-on across the development lifecycle—from schematic and PCB design to bench testing and field validation—ensuring reliable performance in outdoor environments and coordinating with