Senior Hardware Engineer for Robotics EMC & Prototyping

Avidbots Corp.; Kitchener; On-site; CAD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Avidbots is seeking a senior hardware developer to turn open questions about our next generation of floor-scrubbing robots into working hardware quickly. You will prototype, test, and iterate on boards and systems in our lab, building to answer questions in weeks rather than quarters.

You will design for EMC, manage schematic and PCB layout, run bench measurements, and hand designs over to production with robust documentation and DFx considerations.

Qualifications

• B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering or equivalent.
• 7+ years hardware design experience in robotics or safety-critical fields.
• Excellent schematic and multilayer PCB layout skills with mixed-signal and power domains.
• Demonstrated ownership of EMC certification and lab prototyping skills.

Responsibilities

• Turn concepts into working hardware with evaluation kits and quick-turn PCBs.
• Own bring-up and debug end-to-end on fast iteration cycles.
• Design test jigs, fixtures, and instrumented benches for trustworthy results.
• Run bench experiments to settle architecture questions with measured data.

Skills

PCB layout

EMC design

Schematic capture

Lab prototyping

Hardware debugging

Education

B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Altium

Oscilloscope

Spectrum analyzer

DMM

Job description

Avidbots is seeking a senior hardware developer to turn open questions about our next generation of floor-scrubbing robots into working hardware quickly. You will prototype, test, and iterate on boards and systems in our lab, building to answer questions in weeks rather than quarters.

You will design for EMC, manage schematic and PCB layout, run bench measurements, and hand designs over to production with robust documentation and DFx considerations.