Electrical Engineer

Humanoid; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Paid time off

Private healthcare

Pension

Job summary

Humanoid is seeking an Electrical Engineer to design power and sensor electronics for end effectors on our humanoid robots. You will own PCBA design, power distribution boards, and integration with battery management and PoE within compact, thermally constrained platforms.

Collaborate with mechanical and firmware teams in a fast-paced environment, prototype rapidly, and contribute to DFM/ DFA as we move from prototype to production; experience with Altium and sensor interfaces is required.

Qualifications

• Degree in Electrical/Electronic Engineering or related field with 4+ years in power and sensor electronics.
• Experience with power electronics: regulators, battery management, PoE, and PDB design.
• Proficiency in Altium for schematic capture and PCBA layout.
• Understanding sensor interfaces: SPI, MIPI, I2C, CAN, EtherCAT, Ethernet.
• Rapid electronics prototyping and bench debugging with standard hardware tools.
• Able to work in a fast-paced hardware engineering environment.

Responsibilities

• Design and validate power distribution boards and power architectures for embedded/robotic systems.
• Design sensor and interface electronics for cameras, encoders, MCUs.
• Own PCBA design and wiring harnesses, including cross-subsystem connectors.
• Select regulators, battery management systems, and PoE injectors within size/weight/thermal constraints.
• Prototype designs and breadboarding to validate concepts before full PCBA spins.
• Support hardware bring-up, debugging, and validation with firmware team.
• Own electrical BOM and relevant datasheets, EMI/safety considerations.
• Support DFM/DFM as designs move toward production.

Skills

Power electronics

Sensor/interface electronics

PCB prototyping

Hardware bring-up

Rapid electronics prototyping

Electrical design experience

Education

Electrical/Electronic Engineering degree

Tools

Altium

Job description

Here at Humanoid, we believe in a future where robots amplify human potential. That’s why we’ve set out on a mission to build the world’s most capable, commercially-scalable, and safe humanoid robots. We’re bringing that mission to life with HMND‑01 Alpha - our rapidly developed humanoid platform now running in real industrial pilots - and we’re growing the team to take it even further.

About the Role

We're looking for an Electrical Engineer to design the power and electronics behind the end effectors on our robots and the human-worn devices operators use to interface with them. The role spans power distribution architectures (PDBs) as well as sensor and interface electronics for cameras, encoders and MCUs. You'll work closely with mechanical and firmware engineers, moving quickly from schematic to working PCBA in a high-paced environment.

What You'll Do

• Design Power Electronics: Design and validate power distribution boards (PDBs) and power architectures for embedded and robotic systems.

• Design Sensor Electronics: Design sensor and interface electronics for cameras, encoders, MCUs and other sensing/compute hardware.

• Own PCBA Design: Design PCBAs and wiring harnesses using Altium, including connectors for cross-subsystem interfaces.

• Select Power Components: Select and integrate regulators, battery management systems and PoE injectors within tight weight, size and thermal constraints.

• Rapidly Prototype Electronics: Prototype designs — breadboarding, proto/rework boards — to validate concepts ahead of full PCBA spins.

• Bring Up & Debug Boards: Support hardware bring-up, debugging and validation alongside the firmware team, using standard bench equipment.

• Own the BOM: Own the electrical BOM, component datasheets, and relevant safety/EMI considerations.

• Support DFM/DFA: Support design-for-manufacture and design-for-assembly as designs move from prototype toward scaled production.

What We're Looking For

• Degree in Electrical/Electronic Engineering or a related field, with 4+ years' experience spanning both power and sensor/interface electronics.

• Experience with power electronics: regulators, battery management systems, Power-over-Ethernet and power distribution board design.

• Proficient in Altium for schematic capture and PCBA layout, with experience in low-voltage DC power distribution and connector/harness design.

• Understanding of sensor and communication interfaces: SPI, MIPI, I2C, CAN, EtherCAT and Ethernet.

• Capable of rapid electronics prototyping and comfortable bringing up and debugging PCBAs using standard bench equipment.

• Comfortable working in a high-paced, hands-on hardware engineering environment.

  Nice to have

  • FPGA design experience

  • Experience designing electronics for wearable or compact human-worn products

  • Thermal management experience for compact, sealed enclosures

  • Exposure to EMC/safety certification processes

What We Offer

• Competitive equity: stock options with meaningful upside as we scale.

• 30+ paid days off, including 23 days of annual leave, all UK bank holidays, and additional company closure days (including Christmas–New Year shutdown).

• Private healthcare, including virtual and in-person care.

• Pension scheme with 8% total contribution (5% employee, 3% employer) on full earnings.

• Free daily breakfast, catered lunch, and snacks in-office.

• Work at the frontier - collaborate daily with world-class engineers, researchers, and product experts building the next generation of AI and humanoid robotics.

• Real ownership - direct access to founding leadership, meaningful input on product direction, and the ability to drive key initiatives from day one.