Electrical Engineer – Motor Drive & Embedded Control

Foundation Robotics Lab; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Vision insurance

Dental insurance

401k

Equity

Job summary

Foundation Robotics Lab in San Francisco is seeking an Electrical Engineer to lead driver design and motor control for humanoid hand robotics. You will own end-to-end PCB design, motor driver circuits, and embedded systems integration, working closely with firmware and mechanical teams.

The role emphasizes high-reliability hardware, power electronics, and rigorous design-for-manufacturing practices. A bachelor's or master's in EE is required, with strong hands-on skills in motor control and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or master's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field.
• Proven track record in embedded systems design in compact, high-rel environments.
• Experience designing motor driver circuits (gate drivers, H-Bridge topologies, FOC).
• Familiarity with sensor integration and EMI/EMC considerations.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end PCB design for robotic hand controllers, including schematics, layout, and BOM.
• Design motor driver and motor controller circuits for various motor types used in hand joints.
• Evaluate and integrate motor driver ICs and power stages (gate drivers, H-bridges, FOC).
• Develop sensors (force/tactile, IMUs) and embed them in systems with tight size/reliability requirements.
• Design embedded systems and mixed-signal circuits (MCUs, FPGAs, sensors, power, comms).
• Perform board bring-up, validation, and debugging.
• Guide junior engineers and review schematics/layout work.
• Interface with firmware to define board APIs and hardware abstraction.
• Drive DFM, DFT, and EMC improvements as designs move to production.

Skills

Motor driver design

Embedded systems

PCB design

Schematic capture

Power electronics

Sensor integration

MCU/FPGA

DFM/DFT/EMC

Signal integrity

Altium/KiCad/Cadence

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Altium Designer

KiCad

Cadence

Job description

Foundation Robotics Lab in San Francisco is seeking an Electrical Engineer to lead driver design and motor control for humanoid hand robotics. You will own end-to-end PCB design, motor driver circuits, and embedded systems integration, working closely with firmware and mechanical teams.

The role emphasizes high-reliability hardware, power electronics, and rigorous design-for-manufacturing practices. A bachelor's or master's in EE is required, with strong hands-on skills in motor control and