Senior Electrical Engineer - Robotics Systems & EMC Expert

skildai-careers; San Mateo (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Skild AI is seeking an experienced Electrical Engineer to own electrical system integration across our robotics platforms. You will bridge software/firmware with kinematic control, serving as the internal expert for grounding, shielding, filtering, signal integrity, and EMC from concept through production.

This hands-on role requires designing motor drivers, power electronics, and robust sensor integration while balancing performance, cost, and manufacturability.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Robotics, Mechatronics, or related field.
• Hands-on experience taking electrical hardware from concept through validation and production.
• Hands-on experience with EMC/EMI design, debugging, and test on complex hardware.

Responsibilities

• Develop, test, and validate power and sensor electronics systems.
• Design and validate motor driver circuits and power electronics systems.
• Integrate and fuse sensor data, including IMUs, encoders, hall sensors, and temperature sensors at the PCB level.
• Define grounding, bonding, shielding, filtering, and cable strategies across the robot.
• Identify EMC risks early and drive practical mitigations before they become late-stage issues.
• Debug EMC and hardware issues using scopes, spectrum analyzers, probes, LISNs, network analyzers, and other lab equipment.
• Make system-level tradeoffs across performance, risk, cost, schedule, and manufacturability.
• Partner across EE, ME, firmware, controls, systems, manufacturing, and external labs and consultants.
• Document design processes and contribute to hardware best practices.

Skills

EMC/EMI design

Grounding & Shielding

Signal integrity

Power electronics

Sensor integration

PCB design

RF systems

Motor drives

Education

Electrical Engineering degree

Tools

GMSL

CAN

Ethernet

USB

SPI

I2C

RS-485

Job description

Skild AI is seeking an experienced Electrical Engineer to own electrical system integration across our robotics platforms. You will bridge software/firmware with kinematic control, serving as the internal expert for grounding, shielding, filtering, signal integrity, and EMC from concept through production.

This hands-on role requires designing motor drivers, power electronics, and robust sensor integration while balancing performance, cost, and manufacturability.