Senior Electronics Design Engineer

Symbiokinetics; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Vision insurance

Dental insurance

401(k)

Job summary

Symbiokinetics is seeking an experienced engineer to design and implement electronics and firmware for robotic systems. This hands-on role will involve working closely with the VP of Engineering on projects concerning motor control and sensor integration.

The ideal candidate will have 8-10 years of experience in embedded systems, proficiency in C/C++, and familiarity with PCB design software. Comprehensive health, vision, and dental insurance plus a 401(k) are offered.

Qualifications

• 8-10 years of experience working with embedded systems on physical products.
• Experience with schematics capture and circuit board layout.
• Comfortable reading schematics and datasheets, debugging with oscilloscope.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement electronics, firmware, and signal conditioning.
• Bring up new sensor and motor control boards.
• Collaborate with mechanical team on electronics packaging.

Skills

Embedded systems experience

Proficient in C/C++

Circuit design

Sensor interfacing

Proficient with PCB design software

Education

BS or MS in Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics, or related field

Tools

Oscilloscope

Logic analyzer

KiCad

Altium

Job description

Symbiokinetics builds robotic systems that learn skilled physical interaction from human experts. Our robots operate in direct contact with people in high-stakes environments. They need to feel intuitive, predictable, and completely safe.

About the Role

You will design and implement the electronics, firmware, and signal conditioning that connect our sensors and actuators to the rest of our stack. You'll work closely with our VP of Engineering on board bring-up, motor control, and sensor integration, while owning subsystems end-to-end.

This is a hands-on role. You'll spend time at a bench with an oscilloscope as often as at a keyboard.

What You'll Do

• Implement drivers, firmware, and register-level configuration for sensors and actuators
• Design and debug signal conditioning circuits
• Bring up new sensor and motor control boards (SPI, I2C, UART, CAN, EtherCAT)
• Build and maintain data acquisition rigs for recording sensor data during robot operation
• Read datasheets, write firmware for microcontrollers, debug communication protocols
• Collaborate with mechanical team on electronics packaging and thermal/power constraints

Required

• BS or MS in Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics, or related field
• 8-10 years working with embedded systems on physical products
• Experience with schematics capture and circuit board layout
• Proficient in C/C++
• Experience with microcontrollers (STM32, ESP32, or similar) is a big plus
• Experience with sensor interfacing: ADCs, signal conditioning, filtering, calibration
• Comfortable reading schematics and datasheets, debugging with oscilloscope and logic analyzer
• Comfortable with at least one PCB design software (KiCad, Altium, or equivalent)
• Experience with communication protocols(SPI, I2C, CAN)
• Able to solder, rework boards, and build test fixtures

Nice to Have

• Experience with force/torque sensors, load cells, or strain gauge bridges
• Signal processing: digital filtering, noise characterization, oversampling
• FPGA experience (for low-latency signal processing)
• Familiarity with ROS2 for hardware interfacing
• Experience miniaturizing electronics for constrained form factor
• Comprehensive health, vision, and dental insurance
• 401(k)

This role requires access to export-controlled technical data. The applicant must be a U.S. Person: a citizen, permanent resident, or other protected individual.