Junior Robotics Hardware & Firmware Engineer

Aescape; United States; On-site; USD 95,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

100% employer-paid healthcare

Flexible time off

Wellness days

Parental leave

401(k) with employer matching

Home office budget

Professional development stipend

Dinner when working late

Recovery sessions for you and family

Job summary

Aescape, a New York-based physical AI and robotics company, is seeking a Junior Electrical & Firmware Engineer to join the hardware team. You will support schematic and PCB design, write firmware in C/C++, and bring boards up on the bench. This is a hands-on, early-career role with mentorship and ownership of subsystems.

Onsite at the NYC office in Chelsea, five days a week. You will work across electronics and embedded software, collaborating with engineers to ship hardware that users interact

Qualifications

• BS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechatronics, or related discipline; 0–3 years of experience.
• Solid grounding in analog and digital circuit design, power electronics, schematic capture.
• Working proficiency in C/C++ on microcontrollers; familiarity with Python for test automation.
• Hands-on with oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, multimeters, and bench power supplies.
• Clear documentation of what was done and what was found.

Responsibilities

• Support schematic capture, component selection, and PCB layout review for motor drive, sensing, power, and control electronics.
• Write, test, and debug embedded firmware in C/C++ on microcontroller platforms.
• Bring up new hardware on the bench and debug across electrical and firmware boundaries.
• Build bench test setups, collect and analyze data, and drive decisions from measurements.
• Support production test fixtures, design for testability, and troubleshoot manufacturing issues.
• Partner with Mechanical, Controls, Software, and Operations on system bring‑up and communicate findings clearly.
• Produce schematics, BOMs, wiring diagrams, test plans, and test reports.

Skills

Embedded Firmware & Python

Circuit Fundamentals

Debugging Mindset

Cross-Disciplinary Curiosity

Communication

Adaptability

Nice to Have: motor control or drivers

Work Onsite

Education

BS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechatronics, or related discipline

Tools

Altium

Git

Job description

Aescape, a New York-based physical AI and robotics company, is seeking a Junior Electrical & Firmware Engineer to join the hardware team. You will support schematic and PCB design, write firmware in C/C++, and bring boards up on the bench. This is a hands-on, early-career role with mentorship and ownership of subsystems.

Onsite at the NYC office in Chelsea, five days a week. You will work across electronics and embedded software, collaborating with engineers to ship hardware that users interact