Staff Electrical Engineer — Robotics Hardware

Maxwell Bond; New York (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Maxwell Bond is seeking a Senior Member of Technical Staff (Electrical Engineer) in New York, onsite, to own the electrical backbone of humanoid and robotic arm platforms. You will drive power distribution, PCB design, sensing, and harnessing from first principles through bring-up and deployment on robots.

Collaborating with controls and firmware teams, you will ensure robust power integrity, EMI/EMC compliance, and manufacturability for high-performance robotic systems.

Qualifications

• BS, MS, or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Robotics, or a closely related discipline.
• 5+ years of experience designing and shipping electronics or electrical hardware.
• Direct, hands-on experience designing electronics for robots or comparable electromechanical systems.
• Experience with humanoids, cobots, robotic arms, drones or aerospace systems, EVs and motor drives, medical devices, or other power-and-motion platforms.
• Deep expertise in PCB design, including schematic capture and multilayer layout using major EDA tools.
• Strong understanding of power and signal integrity.
• Hands-on experience with motor-drive and actuator electronics, including BLDC drivers and current sensing.
• Experience with CAN, EtherCAT, SPI, I2C, RS-485 interfaces.
• Design-for-manufacturing and design-for-assembly mindset.

Responsibilities

• Own the electrical design of robotic arms and humanoids end-to-end, including power distribution boards, motor-driver and sensor PCBs, interconnects, and harnesses.
• Design power distribution and conditioning systems covering battery and bus inputs, fusing and protection, emergency-stop and safety circuits, DC-DC conversion, and clean power rails.
• Design and lay out custom multilayer PCBs, including mixed-signal, high-current, and high-speed digital designs.
• Own schematic capture, component selection, PCB layout, BOM development, and design decisions with a strong focus on power and signal integrity.
• Integrate motor drivers, gate drivers, and current sensing for BLDC actuators.
• Develop sensing and signal chains for encoders, force/torque sensors, IMUs, and current and voltage monitoring.
• Design analog front ends, ADC interfaces, and associated signal-conditioning circuits.
• Develop communication and power architectures across the robot using EtherCAT, CAN/CAN-FD, RS-485, SPI, I2C, and USB.
• Lead design reviews, establish electrical engineering standards, and contribute to raising the technical bar across the team.

Skills

Power integrity

PCB design

Schematic capture

Signal integrity

EMI/EMC

Bench testing

Motor drives

CAN interface

Education

BS/MS/PhD in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Altium

KiCad

Cadence/OrCAD

Oscilloscope

Job description

Maxwell Bond is seeking a Senior Member of Technical Staff (Electrical Engineer) in New York, onsite, to own the electrical backbone of humanoid and robotic arm platforms. You will drive power distribution, PCB design, sensing, and harnessing from first principles through bring-up and deployment on robots.

Collaborating with controls and firmware teams, you will ensure robust power integrity, EMI/EMC compliance, and manufacturability for high-performance robotic systems.