Senior Platform Electrical Engineer - Robotics Power

Walden Robotics, Inc.; Cambridge (MA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Equity

Insurance programs

401(k) with company match

Flexible PTO

Daily lunch

Job summary

Walden Robotics, Inc. is seeking an execution-driven Senior Electrical Engineer to lead the hands-on design, build, and testing of our robot's electrical systems in Cambridge, MA.

You will own architecture for power distribution, battery integration, BMS, and harnesses, guiding prototypes to robust production hardware. You will collaborate with mechanical, firmware, and controls teams to drive fault‑tolerant designs, perform system‑level validation, and mentor engineers.

Qualifications

• Experience designing battery systems for high‑power products and BMS integration.
• Strong knowledge of power distribution, grounding, protection and fault analysis.
• Hands-on wiring harness and interconnect design for production.
• Ability to own system-level analyses, validation, and root-cause investigations.

Responsibilities

• Own the electrical platform architecture for the humanoid robot, including battery systems, power distribution, grounding, and protection across the full machine.
• Design and deliver power management electronics, including high power capable switches, pre‑charge circuits and monitoring systems.
• Design the robot's wire harness and interconnect system—architecture, connector selection, current/voltage‑drop budgets, routing, and strain relief from prototype through production.
• Define and integrate battery systems in partnership with pack, BMS, and cell suppliers, addressing capacity, safe operating limits, charging, protection, and thermal considerations.
• Partner cross‑functionally with mechanical, firmware, controls, and technicians to route power and signals through a tightly packaged robot, resolve integration issues, and optimize for mass, serviceability, and reliability.
• Lead system‑level analysis and validation—power budgets, fault and safety analysis, load and thermal testing—and drive root‑cause analysis of electrical issues across the platform.
• Drive the designs through DFM/DFA and production release with manufacturing and supply chain, establish platform electrical standards, and mentor engineers and technicians.

Skills

Schematic design

PCB layout

Power electronics

Component selection

System integration

Cross-functional collaboration

Strong communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

MS in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Altium

Job description

Walden Robotics, Inc. is seeking an execution-driven Senior Electrical Engineer to lead the hands-on design, build, and testing of our robot's electrical systems in Cambridge, MA.

You will own architecture for power distribution, battery integration, BMS, and harnesses, guiding prototypes to robust production hardware. You will collaborate with mechanical, firmware, and controls teams to drive fault‑tolerant designs, perform system‑level validation, and mentor engineers.