Senior Electrical Engineer, Robotics Power & Battery

Amazon Inc.; New York (NY); On-site; USD 129,000 - 185,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Fauna Robotics, an Amazon company, is seeking a senior electrical engineer to lead PCB design for power distribution, motor drivers, and sensor integration in a robotics platform. You will architect battery systems, optimize power architecture, and collaborate with firmware and mechanical teams to deliver high-performance, reliable robotics hardware.

You will design for EMI/EMC, thermal constraints, and real-time control interfaces, while mentoring engineers and guiding best practices across the

Qualifications

• 5+ years of electrical theory, robotics, controls experience.
• 4+ years of motor controls experience.
• Experience developing products for large volume production.
• Strong PCB design and layout skills (Altium, KiCad) with high-power, signal integrity, and thermal constraints.
• Experience with lithium-ion battery systems and BMS hardware/software.
• Proficiency with embedded interfaces (FDCAN, SPI, I2C, RS485, USB) and STM32.
• Knowledge of EMI/EMC mitigation and compliance for robotics or industrial systems.
• Experience in robotics, automotive, aerospace, or real-time electromechanical systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead design, layout, and validation of PCBs for power distribution, motor drivers, embedded systems, and sensors.
• Architect and optimize power distribution and battery system for a robot with high-performance actuators and real-time compute workloads.
• Develop and refine lithium-ion battery system.
• Develop high-efficiency system power architecture and power monitoring circuitry.
• Ensure EMI/EMC, signal integrity, and thermal design best practices for high-reliability electronics.
• Collaborate with firmware engineers on real-time control strategies for motion.
• Work with mechanical engineers on thermal management for batteries and high-power electronics.
• Define electrical architecture for real-time control, networking, and diagnostics with high-speed, low-latency communication.
• Support bring-up, debugging, and testing of prototype robots with firmware and mechanical teams.
• Source components and oversee production with vendors/contract manufacturers.
• Mentor junior engineers, drive design reviews, and define electrical engineering best practices.

Skills

Electrical theory

Robotics

Controls

PCB design

Lithium-ion batteries

Embedded interfaces

Tools

Altium

KiCad

Job description

Fauna Robotics, an Amazon company, is seeking a senior electrical engineer to lead PCB design for power distribution, motor drivers, and sensor integration in a robotics platform. You will architect battery systems, optimize power architecture, and collaborate with firmware and mechanical teams to deliver high-performance, reliable robotics hardware.

You will design for EMI/EMC, thermal constraints, and real-time control interfaces, while mentoring engineers and guiding best practices across the