Electrical Engineer Autonomous Vehicles — Field-Ready

FieldAI; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 100,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

FieldAI is seeking an Electrical Engineer for the Federal Team to design and validate electrical systems for sensing, power, and communications on robotic platforms. You will collaborate with mechanical, sensor, and compute teams to deliver robust, field-deployable hardware for government and commercial programs.

This onsite Irvine, CA role requires experience with PCB design, wire harnesses, and EMI/EMC considerations.

Qualifications

• Education: B.S., M.S., or Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Robotics, or related field.
• Power systems design and testing experience.
• Hands-on wire harness design for robotics or automotive-style systems.
• PCB schematic and layout proficiency (KiCAD/Altium).
• Experience on robotics deployed in real-world environments.
• Fluency across electrical, mechanical, and software teams.

Responsibilities

• Power architecture design incl. DC/DC, switches, fuses, grounding.
• Wire harness design for power and data with shielding.
• PCB design for power distribution and embedded control.
• Networking: Ethernet, USB, CAN, I2C, WiFi, 5G.
• Design for field conditions: EMI/EMC, thermal, fault isolation.
• Testing: power validation, communication tests, EMI evaluation.

Skills

Power Systems

Harnessing

PCB Design

Communication Protocols

Testing & Debugging

Documentation

Systems Thinking

Cross Functional Robotic Skills

Scaling

Field Environments

Deployed Robotics

Systems Level Robotics

Reliability Engineering

Education

B.S./M.S./Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Robotics or related field

Tools

KiCAD

Altium

Job description

FieldAI is seeking an Electrical Engineer for the Federal Team to design and validate electrical systems for sensing, power, and communications on robotic platforms. You will collaborate with mechanical, sensor, and compute teams to deliver robust, field-deployable hardware for government and commercial programs.

This onsite Irvine, CA role requires experience with PCB design, wire harnesses, and EMI/EMC considerations.