Senior Embedded Electrical Engineer for Autonomous Robotics

SR2 | Socially Responsible Recruitment | Certified B Corporation™; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Meaningful equity package

Health, dental, and vision insurance

PTO

Job summary

SR2 is seeking a highly skilled Electrical Engineer to design and develop embedded and power electronics for next-generation autonomous robotic platforms operating in demanding environments.

The role focuses on creating detailed schematics, PCB layouts, and real-time firmware in C++ and Python, with emphasis on signal integrity, reliability, and manufacturability. Collaboration with mechanical and software teams is essential.

Qualifications

• Strong background in electrical engineering and embedded systems development.
• Experience with microcontroller-based systems, power electronics, motor drives, and embedded control systems.
• Expertise with schematic capture and PCB layout tools such as Altium, OrCAD, or similar.
• Strong C++ experience within embedded or real-time systems environments.
• Experience integrating sensors, actuators, communications interfaces, and robotic hardware systems.
• Familiarity with communication protocols such as CAN, UART, SPI, I2C, TCP/IP, or UDP.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop embedded and power electronics systems for autonomous robotic platforms
• Create detailed electrical schematics and PCB layouts focused on reliability, signal integrity, power distribution, and manufacturability
• Develop real-time embedded software in C++ and Python for robotics and autonomous systems applications
• Perform simulation, validation, testing, and debugging across electrical and embedded systems
• Work closely with mechanical and software engineering teams on full electromechanical system integration
• Optimize embedded systems for low-latency, real-time performance under hardware and power constraints
• Support hardware bring-up, troubleshooting, field testing, and system validation efforts

Job description

SR2 is seeking a highly skilled Electrical Engineer to design and develop embedded and power electronics for next-generation autonomous robotic platforms operating in demanding environments.

The role focuses on creating detailed schematics, PCB layouts, and real-time firmware in C++ and Python, with emphasis on signal integrity, reliability, and manufacturability. Collaboration with mechanical and software teams is essential.