Electrical Engineer – Tactile & Hand Sensor Robotics

foundation-robotics; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Market standard benefits

Equity

Job summary

Foundation is seeking highly technical engineers to advance our robotics platform in San Francisco. You will develop new force and tactile sensors, design embedded systems and mixed-signal circuits, and collaborate with silicon partners to integrate cutting-edge chips.

You will lead board bring-up, validation, and debugging with lab instruments, mentor junior engineers, and push DF(M), DFT, and EMC improvements. In-person collaboration in SF is expected.

Qualifications

• Experience with sensor integration (IMUs, force/tactile, encoders) and power electronics.
• Proven track record designing embedded systems (MCUs, DSPs, or FPGAs) in compact, high-reliability systems.
• Strong debugging skills with oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and JTAG tools.

Responsibilities

• Develop new custom force and tactile sensors for robotics with aggressive size and reliability requirements.
• Design and evaluate embedded systems and mixed-signal circuits (MCUs, FPGAs, sensors, power, communications).
• Collaborate with silicon partners to evaluate and integrate cutting-edge chips (e.g. encoders, IMUs, tactile sensors).
• Perform board bring-up, validation, and debugging using lab instruments and test infrastructure.
• Guide junior engineers and review schematic/layout work to ensure performance, reliability, and compliance.
• Drive continuous improvements in design for manufacturability (DFM), testability (DFT), and electromagnetic compatibility (EMC).
• Interface with firmware/software engineers to define board-level APIs and support hardware abstraction.
• Support the transition from prototypes to production, working with contract manufacturers and test engineers.

Skills

sensor integration

embedded systems design

debugging

firmware interactions

highly technical

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Altium Designer

KiCad

Cadence

Job description

Foundation is seeking highly technical engineers to advance our robotics platform in San Francisco. You will develop new force and tactile sensors, design embedded systems and mixed-signal circuits, and collaborate with silicon partners to integrate cutting-edge chips.

You will lead board bring-up, validation, and debugging with lab instruments, mentor junior engineers, and push DF(M), DFT, and EMC improvements. In-person collaboration in SF is expected.