Robotics Hardware Architect: PCB, SI & Power Onsite

HCLTech; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 78,000 - 148,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

401(k) retirement plan

10 days paid time off

10 paid holidays

Job summary

HCLTech in Sunnyvale, CA seeks a Senior Hardware Design Architect to lead system-level electrical architecture for multi-board robotic platforms, including power, interfaces, and signal integrity. You will review partner designs, perform PCBAs design in Altium, conduct MCU/SoC trade studies, and collaborate with firmware, vendors, and test teams to bring up boards across NPIs.

Roles require 8+ years in PCBA design, expertise in high-speed interfaces, power electronics, and vendor coordination.

Qualifications

• Requires 8+ years PCBA-level circuit design experience in robotics, industrial, automotive, or consumer electronics.
• Experience reviewing designs from external engineering teams or ODMs.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to system-level electrical architecture for multi-board robotic platforms including compute, motor control, sensing, and communication subsystems.
• Review schematics from external design partners and validate component selection and design trade-offs.
• Execute electrical design for PCBAs including schematic capture, layout, and design for signal integrity, manufacturability, and testability using Altium.
• Perform MCU/SoC architecture trade studies and component selection across motor control and sensor boards.
• Design and review PCB layouts for multi-layer boards with high-speed interfaces, ensuring impedance control and EMC compliance.
• Design power distribution systems including DC-DC converters, PMIC integration, and test/debug power delivery issues.
• Collaborate with PCB fabrication vendors on stackup, DFM, and Gerber release coordination.
• Perform board bring-up, functional verification, and root-cause analysis with lab equipment.
• Partner with firmware engineers on hardware-software co-development and BSP bring-up.
• Manage design documentation including diagrams, schematics, BOMs, and test reports.

Skills

PCBA design

Altium Designer

Schematic capture

PCB layout

High-speed interfaces

Ethernet

CAN-FD

Motor control

Power electronics

Root cause analysis

Vendor management

IMU integration

Debugging

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Altium Designer

Job description

HCLTech in Sunnyvale, CA seeks a Senior Hardware Design Architect to lead system-level electrical architecture for multi-board robotic platforms, including power, interfaces, and signal integrity. You will review partner designs, perform PCBAs design in Altium, conduct MCU/SoC trade studies, and collaborate with firmware, vendors, and test teams to bring up boards across NPIs.

Roles require 8+ years in PCBA design, expertise in high-speed interfaces, power electronics, and vendor coordination.