Autonomy Hardware Engineer for Self-Driving Construction

Bedrock Robotics Inc; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Bedrock Robotics Inc. is seeking a Hardware Engineer to architect and bring to life autonomy hardware for our excavator platforms.

You will collaborate with product, perception, behavior, controls, and supply-chain teams to define high-performance HW, verify rugged reliability, and support deployment in harsh environments. You will design, analyze, and validate HW components, lead vendor relations, and help build a cohesive system with modular architecture.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics, or related field.
• Hands-on experience with design and testing of autonomy HW for sensing, compute, HMI, connectivity, and machine control interfaces.
• Strong foundational knowledge in electrical design, high & low speed comms, power electronics, and rugged deployments.
• Experience leading large HW development programs from ideation through proto, EVT, DVT, and production.
• Proficiency with C/C++/Rust, Linux shell, or Python for prototyping, testing, data collection and reporting.

Responsibilities

• Define HW system architecture for autonomous machines.
• Establish and lead relationships and programs with external vendors to deliver critical components and systems for our autonomous HW platforms.
• Work with other HW platform engineers to bring together a cohesive and high performance system that is flexible and modular.
• Work with safety team to establish requirements and performance metrics for components and systems.
• Write reusable, high quality, data analysis and test automation software (Python and/or C++/C/Rust).

Skills

Autonomy HW design

HW testing

Python

C/C++/Rust

Linux

System integration

Vendor management

Power electronics

Sensing technologies

GPU compute

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Nvidia Jetson

Embedded Linux

C/C++

Python

RTOS

Job description

Bedrock Robotics Inc. is seeking a Hardware Engineer to architect and bring to life autonomy hardware for our excavator platforms.

You will collaborate with product, perception, behavior, controls, and supply-chain teams to define high-performance HW, verify rugged reliability, and support deployment in harsh environments. You will design, analyze, and validate HW components, lead vendor relations, and help build a cohesive system with modular architecture.