Electrical Engineer Mountain View, CA (On-Site) · Full-time Mountain View, CA (On-Site)

Proception Inc.; Mountain View, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Ownership of projects

Challenging robotics platform

YC-backed deep tech team

Job summary

Proception Inc. is seeking an Electrical Engineer to design and validate electrical systems for advanced robotics platforms in Mountain View, CA.

You will own motor control, power delivery, sensor integration, and real-time communication within tight constraints, collaborating with mechanical and software teams to bring robotic systems to life. The role emphasizes ownership of projects, hands-on PCB design, and contribution to architecture decisions in a high-impact environment backed by leading

Qualifications

• Solid EE fundamentals with hands-on PCBAs experience.
• Power electronics sizing, protection design, and identifying failure modes.
• Experience with high-speed interfaces (PCIe, USB, MIPI, Ethernet).
• Motor controller design experience (gate drivers, BLDC topologies).
• Familiarity with EMI/EMC mitigation and thermal-aware layout.
• Schematic and layout design proficiency.
• Experience with Flex PCB design.
• Experience using LTspice, Python, and MATLAB.

Responsibilities

• Design and validate PCBAs for compute boards, camera electronics, power distribution boards, battery management systems, sensing boards, and motor controllers.
• Support board bring-up, system debugging, and diagnostics across the full embedded stack.
• Support system integration and testing.
• Contribute to overall architecture decisions.
• Work closely with mechanical and software teams to validate electrical designs in real robotic systems.

Skills

High-density PCBAs

Power electronics

Motor controller design

High-speed interfaces

EMI/EMC mitigation

Schematic & layout design

Flex PCB design

LTspice

Python

MATLAB

Tools

LTspice

Python

MATLAB

Job description

At Proception, we're building the most dexterous humanoid hands and the most responsive tactile gloves in the world. As an Electrical Engineer, you'll work on the design of electrical systems that handle motor control, power delivery, sensor integration, and real-time communication, all within extremely tight constraints. Your work will directly impact the intelligence, responsiveness, and robustness of our robotic platforms.

Requirements

• 01 Solid EE fundamentals with hands-on experience designing, building, and testing high-density, mixed-signal PCBAs
• 02 Extensive background in sizing and designing power electronics circuitry for high power applications, protection circuitry, and identifying the common failure modes associated with power electronics designs
• 03 Experience with high speed design (PCIe Gen1-5, USB3/4, MIPI, Ethernet)
• 04 Experience with motor controller design (gate drivers, H-bridges, BLDC topologies)
• 05 Familiarity with EMI/EMC mitigation and thermal-aware layout
• 06 Expertise in schematic and layout design
• 07 (+) Experience with Flex PCB Design
• 08 (+) Experience using LTspice, Python, and Matlab

Details & responsibilities

• 01 Design and validate PCBAs for compute boards, camera electronics, power distribution boards, battery management systems, sensing boards, and motor controllers
• 02 Support board bring-up, system debugging, and diagnostics across the full embedded stack
• 03 Support system integration and testing
• 04 Contribute to overall architecture decisions
• 05 Work closely with mechanical and software teams to validate electrical designs in real robotic systems
• 01 Competitive salary with meaningful equity
• 02 Complete ownership of projects and systems
• 04 Opportunity to work on one of the most technically challenging and high-impact robotics platforms today
• 05 Work at the intersection of embedded systems, intelligent control, and human-like machines
• 06 Backed by YC and leading deep tech VCs, with a team of top-tier engineers and researchers