Senior Electrical Engineer, Robotics & PCB Prototyping

Robust AI; San Carlos (CA); On-site; USD 160,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Health coverage

Flexible vacation

Parental leave

Job summary

Robust AI in San Carlos, CA seeks a Senior Electrical Engineer to own PCB design, bring‑up hardware, and shape the next generation of robotics. You will design, debug, and iterate hardware for our robot fleet, collaborating with mechanical, firmware, and software teams to define robust electrical architectures that scale to production.

This role offers base pay between $160,000 and $200,000, stock options, and health coverage, with a fast-paced startup culture and the opportunity to deploy

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or equivalent.
• 5+ years of experience in electrical/hardware engineering.
• Strong electrical and embedded systems fundamentals.
• Experience with schematic capture and PCB layout (Altium preferred).
• Proven track record of releasing boards to production, with designs that meet EMC compliance requirements.
• Hands‑on experience debugging complex electromechanical hardware with tools such as scopes, logic analyzers, and DMMs.
• Familiarity with communication protocols such as USB, I2C, SPI, UART, RS485, etc
• Comfortable working in a fast‑paced, early‑stage startup environment and able to pivot effectively as priorities change.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly to both technical and cross‑functional audiences

Responsibilities

• Design, prototype, and iterate custom PCBs for the robot, from schematic capture through board layout
• Hands‑on bring‑up, debugging, and testing of electrical hardware on our current robot fleet
• Collaborate with the team to formulate electrical architecture and inform next‑generation robot design
• Generate design documentation and lead design reviews
• Conduct bench modifications and rapid hardware prototyping to unblock development
• Engage with cross‑functional engineering team members (mechanical, firmware, software) to fulfill and enhance performance requirements while optimizing hardware/firmware interfaces
• Support firmware integration, testing, and debugging alongside the firmware team as needed
• Work directly with fab houses and contract manufacturers to take boards from prototype through production

Skills

Embedded systems fundamentals

PCB schematic/layout experience

EMC compliance knowledge

Hardware debugging with scopes/analys

Strong communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in electrical/computer engineering or equivalent

Tools

Altium

Job description

Robust AI in San Carlos, CA seeks a Senior Electrical Engineer to own PCB design, bring‑up hardware, and shape the next generation of robotics. You will design, debug, and iterate hardware for our robot fleet, collaborating with mechanical, firmware, and software teams to define robust electrical architectures that scale to production.

This role offers base pay between $160,000 and $200,000, stock options, and health coverage, with a fast-paced startup culture and the opportunity to deploy