Senior Electrical Engineer, Robotics

AI Talent Now; Watertown (MA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

AI Talent Now is seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer, Robotics for its Watertown, MA office. You will ideate, prototype, and deploy electrical systems powering next-gen AI-powered robots, from concept through manufacturing at startup speed.

From PCB design to motor control boards and battery management, you will own hardware evolution, write firmware, and work cross-functionally with software and mechanical teams to deliver reliable, scalable robotic platforms.

Qualifications

• Hands-on PCB board design as main engineering work.
• Robot wire harnessing and component selection (power, communication).
• Ability to design hardware from concept to manufacturing at startup speed.

Responsibilities

• Designing and iterating motor control boards and power distribution.
• Writing firmware and wiring hardware and software in the loop.
• Taking designs from prototype through scalable manufacturing.

Skills

PCB design

Robot wiring

Firmware development

Education

BS in Electrical Engineering

Tools

CAN bus

Automotive Ethernet

Job description

Watertown, MA, United States | Posted on 11/12/2026

AI Talent Now, LLC is a powerhouse in direct-hire talent acquisition, connecting exceptional talent with industry-leading organizations across IT, Engineering, Financial Services & Fintech, and Manufacturing & Robotics. Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, we proudly serve clients and candidates nationwide.

Job Description

AITalent Now Job # ZR 113 TI

SeniorElectrical Engineer, Robotics

Full-time

On-site

Watertown, MA

$150K - $220K

We are looking for a Senior Electrical Engineer, Robotics with 4+years of experience to ideate, prototype, iterate, deploy, and scale theelectrical systems behind our next generation of AI-powered robots. We wanta relentless builder with deep PCB and power electronics chops who can figureout pretty much anything and push hardware from concept to manufacture atstartup speed.

What will you be doing?

• Designing and iteratingon motor control boards, power distribution boards, and battery managementsystems
• Selecting andintegrating actuators and sensors for robots like Sonny and Cassie
• Writing firmware andworking on hardware and software in the loop
• Taking designs fromearly prototype through manufacturing at scale
• Owning ambiguous, open-ended problems and driving projects forward

Required Skills:

Workexperience

Hands-onPCB board design as their main engineering work, plus robot wire harnessingand component selection (power, communication)

Abilityto work on-site in Watertown, MA (5 days/week)

Ideal experience:

4- 10 years of experience as an electrical engineer

Education

BS or higher in Electrical Engineering, or related engineeringfield

MUST HAVE:

AIfluency (Claude, Cursor, building agents, scripts, or workflows)

Softskills

Cross-functionalcollaboration across engineering teams

Nice-to-have

Workexperience

Robotics,automotive/EV (CAN, automotive Ethernet, battery work), large consumergoods, or aerospace startups doing new product development, not sustainingwork

Experiencein a startup (Series A to Series D) or fast-paced engineering environment

Experiencewith communication protocols (CAN bus, Automotive Ethernet)

Why THIS role?

• They just raised a $75Mround led by a16z
• Founded at MIT. The teamis fully full stack: they design and manufacture robot hardware, train theirown AI models and run their own fleet across the US.
• You'll own new robotelectrical systems end to end. Think motor control boards, power distribution,battery management and actuator integration, from first prototype to scaledmanufacturing.
• Your boards go into realrobots like Sonny (a semi-humanoid with frontier dexterity) and Cassie (whichmoves boxes and pallets for customers ranging from family-owned shops to hugebrands).
• It's a builder'sculture. The team cares about what you've actually shipped and how fast youfigure things out, not how polished your resume looks.

You will Build generally capable robot hardware fromzero!

Ideate,prototype, iterate, deploy, and scale new robot electrical systems at a SeriesA robotics company.

Early team of ~100 shaping a new category

Roughly90-100 people, so engineers and operators can still have outsized influence onproduct, deployment, and the core software stack.

AI-poweredrobots-as-a-service, built for now

Founded in 2021 to bring AI-driven robotics to industrialautomation, targeting legacy players with zero custom engineering and minimaldeployment friction