Electrical Engineer

Serve Robotics; Redwood City, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Serve Robotics is hiring an Electrical Engineer in Redwood City, CA to design and validate electrical circuits, PCBs, and interface with firmware and software teams. You will bring up hardware, debug subsystems, and drive reliability and cost targets for robotic delivery platforms.

You should have a Bachelor's in Electrical Engineering and 5+ years of experience in robotics or consumer electronics, with hands-on lab skills and experience with Altium and embedded design.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field.
• 5+ years of experience designing and testing electrical systems in robotics or consumer electronics.
• Hands-on debugging with lab equipment (oscilloscope, function generator, spectrum analyzer, electronic load).

Responsibilities

• Design and validate electrical circuits and PCBs for autonomous robotic platforms.
• Develop schematics, component selections, and electrical designs for performance and cost targets.
• Support PCB layout reviews and ensure manufacturability and maintainability.
• Perform bring-up, validation, and characterization with firmware and software teams.
• Troubleshoot system-level issues and conduct root-cause analysis.
• Develop and execute test plans to verify electrical subsystem performance and reliability.
• Contribute to prototype development, hardware integration, and system testing.
• Collaborate with manufacturing teams, vendors, and suppliers for builds and improvements.
• Create and maintain engineering documentation and test records.

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related engineering discipline, or equivalent practical experience

Tools

Altium

Job description

EY Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2025 Bay Area Award Winner 2025

Fast Company 15 Tech Startups to Watch 2022

Fast Company Innovation by Design Awards Honorable Mention 2022

TED Conference Featured Talk 2020

Fast Company Innovation by Design Awards Honorable Mention (Mobility) 2019

Our mission

Serve is delivering a sustainable future, designed to center peopleand our communities. Our team is founded by serial entrepreneurs
and veteran leaders in robotics and artificial intelligence.

Our values

Empower people

We serve our neighborhoods and support local businesses. We go beyond self interest, always taking our community into account. We empower each other with trust and autonomy, because we think that’s the best way to solve the big problems and to build a sustainable future.

Be passionate, be authentic, be kind

We are mission driven. We value each other and our community. We celebrate milestones and moments, both at Serve and in our personal life.

Both to our customers or to each other! We exceed customer expectations. We bring joy to our work and to our neighborhoods.

A letter from the CEO A l e t t e r f r o m t h e C E O

Serve started with an insight: that delivery could be smarter, kinder, safer, and more in sync with how we live now. What if delivery didn’t mean more cars, more noise, more stress?

So we built something small, quiet, thoughtful. A robot that rolls at walking speed, waits its turn at crosswalks, and fits into the rhythm of everyday life. It has 98% less emissions, 90% less weight, and 99% less kinetic energy than a car.

Robots are not the future. They’re right here, right now!

Roll with us

What to expect afterapplying

You’ll have a contact person at Serve for every step of your interview.

Electrical Engineer

Location

Redwood City, CA

Employment Type

Full time

Location Type

On-site

Compensation

The salary range listed in this posting is representative of the range of levels being considered for this position. Total compensation will vary based on geographic location and level. Leveling, as well as positioning within a level, is determined by a range of factors, including, but not limited to, a candidate's relevant years of experience, domain knowledge, and interview performance.

At Serve Robotics, we’re reimagining how things move in cities. Our personable sidewalk robot is our vision for the future. It’s designed to take deliveries away from congested streets, make deliveries available to more people, and benefit local businesses.

The Serve fleet has been delighting merchants, customers, and pedestrians along the way in Los Angeles, Miami, Dallas, Atlanta and Chicago while doing commercial deliveries. We’re looking for talented individuals who will grow robotic deliveries from surprising novelty to efficient ubiquity.

Who We Are

We are tech industry veterans in software, hardware, and design who are pooling our skills to build the future we want to live in. We are solving real-world problems leveraging robotics, machine learning and computer vision, among other disciplines, with a mindful eye towards the end-to-end user experience. Our team is agile, diverse, and driven. We believe that the best way to solve complicated dynamic problems is collaboratively and respectfully.

Responsibilities

Design and validate electrical circuits, printed circuit boards (PCBs), and interconnect systems for autonomous robotic platforms.

Develop schematics, component selections, and electrical designs that meet product performance, reliability, and cost requirements.

Support PCB layout reviews and collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure manufacturable and maintainable designs.

Perform bring-up, validation, and characterization of new electrical hardware in partnership with firmware and software teams.

Troubleshoot electrical and system-level issues and conduct structured root cause analysis to identify and resolve failures.

Develop and execute test plans to verify electrical subsystem performance and reliability.

Contribute to prototype development, hardware integration, and system testing activities throughout the product lifecycle.

Partner with manufacturing teams, vendors, and suppliers to support builds, issue resolution, and design improvements.

Create and maintain engineering documentation, test results, and design records to support product development and manufacturing.

Provide occasional onsite support for prototype builds, manufacturing activities, and engineering validation efforts.

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related engineering discipline, or equivalent practical experience

5+ years of experience in the design and test of electrical systems in the robotics, consumer electronics, or other applicable fields

Hands-on experience in debugging and testing electrical subsystems using typical lab equipment (oscilloscope, function generator, spectrum analyzer, electronic load, etc.)

Experience designing, integrating, and debugging embedded systems

Experience in hardware prototype bring-up, debug, fault detection, and failure analysis

Experience in one of the major ECAD tools (Altium preferred)

What Makes You Stand Out

Experience with high speed circuits and signal integrity measurements

Experience in debugging common interfaces (e.g. CAN, SPI, UART, I2C, USB)

Experience developing software scripts (Python, Bash) for automating hardware tests

Experience in testing for EMC/EMI compliance

Familiarity with the Nvidia Jetson platform

Experience with one or more sensor modalities (e.g. camera, LiDAR, radar, ultrasonic)

Experience with cellular networking

Experience with cable harness design

Experience working with factory support and overseas vendor partnerships

Experience in working with internal and external developers, test teams, lab technicians

Additional Information

This role may require occasional travel to support prototype builds, manufacturing activities, supplier engagement, and engineering validation efforts. Candidates should be comfortable working in laboratory, development, and manufacturing environments as needed.