Electrical Engineer

present of AI; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Verne Robotics seeks an electrical engineer to own the full life cycle of robot electronics—from requirements and schematics to PCB layout, bring-up, and testing for volume builds.

The role requires hands-on hardware experience, strong circuit and power fundamentals, and a calm, methodical approach to fault diagnosis using bench tools. Collaboration with mechanical and software teammates is essential.

Qualifications

• Hands-on hardware experience with robotics electronics.
• Solid circuit fundamentals and power design.
• Ability to diagnose faults with bench tools in a methodical way.
• Collaborates with mechanical and software teammates.

Responsibilities

• End-to-end electronics development from requirements to bring-up.
• Schematic capture, PCB layout, and verification testing.
• Develop test fixtures and documentation for production readiness.
• Coordinate with mechanical and software teams to integrate hardware.

Skills

Hardware experience

Circuit fundamentals

Power design

Fault diagnosis

Tools

Python

C++

CAN

SPI

I2C

Ethernet

Job description

This role covers the full life of robot electronics, from requirements and schematics to PCB layout, bring-up, testing, and getting boards ready to build in volume. A strong candidate has hands-on hardware experience, solid circuit and power fundamentals, and a calm, measured way of tracking down faults with bench tools. Working closely with mechanical and software teammates matters as much as the design work itself.

How it fits the AI era

AI models are the brains of these robots, but they only work if the power, sensing, and control hardware under them is dependable. AI tools may help with part searches, documentation, and test scripts, while the judgment on safety, grounding, and failure diagnosis still rests with a person at the bench. Robots that learn new tasks put real demands on clean sensor data and safe, predictable motion, and that is an electrical engineering problem.

How it builds AI experience

Someone in this role would see up close how a learning-based robot system depends on hardware, including sensors, actuators, compute, and emergency stop behavior, working next to people building the models. To build this experience, a candidate could read about the company's open-weight model, try a small robot arm or sensor project, and write simple Python tools that log and check hardware behavior.

Worth showing

• Schematic to PCB to bring-up
• Systematic hardware fault diagnosis
• Power and grounding design
• CAN, SPI, I2C, Ethernet integration
• Test fixtures and documentation

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About Verne Robotics

Verne Robotics builds AI models that let robot arms learn new skills in hours, per the company.

Tools mentioned: Python, C++, embedded systems, robotics