Robotics Electrical Engineer — Power, Drives & In-Field Debug

Kovari; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Kovari seeks an electrical systems lead for robots, sitting on-site in San Francisco. You will own power architecture, battery management, sensors, and embedded integration, and you’ll design, build, and debug in live field operations.

In this role you’ll face high duty cycles, continuous charging, and harsh environments, delivering reliable hardware and fast iteration in the field with a small, hands-on team.

Qualifications

• Strong fundamentals in power electronics, motor drives, and mixed-signal design.
• Experience with schematic capture and PCB layout in Altium or KiCad.
• Battery system experience: Li-ion packs, BMS, thermal and safety design.
• Hands-on skill: solder, scope, and rework boards on the bench.
• Portfolio of personal builds and a bias toward rapid prototyping.

Responsibilities

• Own electrical architecture: power distribution, battery systems and BMS, charging, protection
• Select, integrate, and tune motor controllers and drives
• Design schematics and PCBs for power, sensing, and I/O
• Design and build wiring harnesses for reliability and serviceability
• Work with embedded and controls on firmware, comms buses (CAN, EtherCAT, RS-485), and bring-up
• Debug electrical failures on deployed robots and drive fixes back into the design
• Manage vendors for PCBs, harnesses, and custom assemblies

Skills

Power electronics

Motor drives

Mixed-signal design

Schematic capture

PCB layout

Soldering

Tools

Altium

KiCad

Job description

Kovari seeks an electrical systems lead for robots, sitting on-site in San Francisco. You will own power architecture, battery management, sensors, and embedded integration, and you’ll design, build, and debug in live field operations.

In this role you’ll face high duty cycles, continuous charging, and harsh environments, delivering reliable hardware and fast iteration in the field with a small, hands-on team.