Senior Electrical Engineer: Real-Time Embedded for Robotics

SR2 | Socially Responsible Recruitment | Certified B Corporation™; Austin (TX); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity package

Health, dental, and vision insurance

PTO

Job summary

SR2 | Socially Responsible Recruitment | Certified B Corporation™ is partnering on a defense technology startup focused on autonomous robotic platforms. We seek an Electrical Engineer skilled in schematic design, PCB layout, embedded software (C++/Python), and high-reliability power electronics for real-world environments.

The role begins remotely, then transitions to a full-time on-site position in San Jose as the team expands its local engineering presence.

Qualifications

• Strong background in electrical engineering and embedded systems.
• Experience with microcontroller-based systems, power electronics, motor drives, and embedded control systems.
• Expertise with schematic capture and PCB layout tools such as Altium, OrCAD, or similar.
• Strong C++ experience within embedded or real-time systems environments.
• Experience integrating sensors, actuators, communications interfaces, and robotic hardware systems.
• Familiarity with CAN, UART, SPI, I2C, TCP/IP, or UDP.
• Hands-on testing, debugging, and validation of embedded hardware/software systems.
• Experience in robotics, autonomous systems, aerospace, defense, or other constrained embedded platforms is highly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop embedded and power electronics systems for autonomous robotic platforms.
• Create detailed electrical schematics and PCB layouts focusing on reliability and manufacturability.
• Develop real-time embedded software in C++ and Python for robotics and autonomous systems.
• Perform simulation, validation, testing, and debugging across electrical and embedded systems.
• Collaborate with mechanical and software teams for full electromechanical system integration.
• Optimize embedded systems for low-latency, real-time performance under hardware/power constraints.
• Support hardware bring-up, troubleshooting, field testing, and system validation efforts.

Skills

Embedded systems

Electrical engineering

C++

Python

Signal integrity

Power electronics

Real-time firmware

CAN/UART/SPI/I2C/TCP/IP/UDP

Robotics hardware integration

Tools

Altium

OrCAD

Job description

SR2 | Socially Responsible Recruitment | Certified B Corporation™ is partnering on a defense technology startup focused on autonomous robotic platforms. We seek an Electrical Engineer skilled in schematic design, PCB layout, embedded software (C++/Python), and high-reliability power electronics for real-world environments.

The role begins remotely, then transitions to a full-time on-site position in San Jose as the team expands its local engineering presence.