Actuator Team Lead — Robotics Systems Architect

Foundation; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

Foundation is seeking an actuator lead in San Francisco to build and guide a cross-functional team across electrical systems, motor design, geartrain, and controls. You will drive design optimization, rapid prototyping, and modeling to create high-performance actuator architectures for robotics applications.

You are a hands-on technical leader with strong IC design experience in motor/actuator systems, and you will own complex challenges across mechanical, electrical, firmware, and sourcing

Qualifications

• Hands-on technical leader with strong IC design experience in motor/actuator systems.
• Deep understanding of electromechanical actuators and controller development.
• Experience with embedded firmware, sensors, and packaging for robotics.

Responsibilities

• Lead a cross-functional actuator team spanning electrical, mechanical, and controls.
• Drive design optimization and rapid prototyping for new actuator architectures.
• Collaborate with engineering to improve efficiency, torque density and manufacturability.

Skills

IC design

Actuator systems

Robotics

Controller development

Embedded firmware

3D CAD

FEA

MATLAB

ANSYS

GD&T

Tolerance analysis

Technical communication

Agile

Tools

MATLAB

ANSYS

CAD

Job description

Foundation is seeking an actuator lead in San Francisco to build and guide a cross-functional team across electrical systems, motor design, geartrain, and controls. You will drive design optimization, rapid prototyping, and modeling to create high-performance actuator architectures for robotics applications.

You are a hands-on technical leader with strong IC design experience in motor/actuator systems, and you will own complex challenges across mechanical, electrical, firmware, and sourcing