Electrical Engineer Torrance, CA (Los Angeles South Bay) Entry

Verustruct; Torrance (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Verustruct is seeking an entry-level Electrical Engineer to design, build, and program the electronics at the core of its robotic construction platform.

You will own defined boards and firmware features, then grow toward owning full subsystems as prototypes mature toward field deployment. This on-site Torrance role offers hands-on hardware ownership.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or closely related field.
• Strong fundamentals in circuit analysis, analog/digital electronics, and power electronics.
• Experience designing circuit boards in a professional, academic, or project setting.

Responsibilities

• Design motor-driver, sensor-interface, and power-distribution boards from schematic to PCB layout and assembly.
• Write and debug embedded C firmware on STM32-class microcontrollers for motor control and sensor reading.
• Design wiring harnesses and enclosures for harsh environments and document with diagrams.
• Bring up prototype boards and firmware, measure with oscilloscope and logic analyzers.
• Integrate motors, actuators, encoders, and sensors into the machine and support commissioning.
• Develop test fixtures, collect data, investigate failures, and feed findings to design iterations.
• Collaborate with mechanical, controls, and software teams to create a coordinated platform.
• Maintain engineering documentation and contribute to electrical standards.

Skills

Embedded firmware

Circuit analysis

CAN bus

Power electronics

PCB layout

Schematic capture

Embedded debugging

Documentation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

KiCad

Altium Designer

Job description

Contribute to electrical engineering efforts for Verustruct’s next generation of construction robots — from wall-supported formwork systems and locomotion hardware to material handling, consolidation, and field-deployable robotic subsystems.

About the Role

As an Electrical Engineer at Verustruct, you will help design, build, and program the electronics at the core of Verustruct's robotic construction platform. Working closely with experienced electrical, mechanical, and robotics engineers, you will contribute across the full electronics-development cycle, including schematic capture, PCB layout, harness design, board bring-up, embedded firmware, motor and sensor integration, testing, failure investigation, and design iteration. In the level I position, you will own well-defined boards, harnesses, and firmware features, and grow toward owning complete electrical subsystems.

This role is designed for an early-career engineer who wants to build real machines, learn quickly, and take on increasing technical ownership as Verustruct advances from full-scale prototypes toward field deployment.

This is a full-time, on-site role based at our headquarters in Torrance, California.

What You'll Do

• Design motor-driver, sensor-interface, and power-distribution boards for robotic construction equipment, from schematic and component selection through PCB layout, fabrication, and assembly
• Write and debug embedded C firmware on STM32-class microcontrollers for motor control, current sensing, encoder and sensor reading, fault handling, and CAN FD communication
• Design wiring harnesses, connectors, and enclosures that survive a construction-site environment, and document them with wiring diagrams and drawings
• Bring up and validate prototype boards and firmware on the bench with oscilloscopes, multimeters, logic analyzers, and debuggers
• Integrate motors, actuators, encoders, and sensors into the machine and support commissioning of integrated hardware
• Develop test fixtures and scripts, collect data, investigate electrical and firmware failures, and feed findings into the next design iteration
• Collaborate with mechanical, controls, and software teams to integrate electronics and firmware into a coordinated robotic platform
• Maintain clear engineering documentation, participate in design reviews, and contribute to Verustruct's electrical and firmware standards

What We're Looking For

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, mechatronics, or a closely related field
• Strong understanding of electrical-engineering fundamentals, including circuit analysis, analog and digital electronics, power electronics, and basic control systems
• Experience designing circuit boards in a professional, academic, internship, research, or project-based environment, ideally in KiCad or a comparable tool such as Altium Designer
• Embedded programming experience in C or C++ on microcontrollers, including reading datasheets and reference manuals to configure peripherals
• Hands-on experience building, testing, and troubleshooting electrical hardware with standard bench instruments
• Familiarity with motor drivers, power regulation, sensors, wiring and harnessing practices, and communication interfaces such as CAN, UART, SPI, and I2C
• Ability to communicate technical reasoning clearly and document engineering work effectively
• A practical, curious, and iterative approach to solving open-ended hardware problems
• Comfort working in a fast-moving startup environment where design, fabrication, and testing occur in tight development loops