Senior Electrical Engineer - Wheelbase

6 days ago
Full-time
Senior
IoT and Embedded Systems
Apptronik

Apptronik

Apptronik develops versatile humanoid robots to tackle tasks humans prefer not to do, aiming to reshape existence and enhance universal quality of life.

Aerospace & Defense
51-250
Founded 2015
$23M raised

Description

  • Own the wheelbase electrical architecture from system concept through PCBA design.
  • Collaborate with leadership, program management, and cross-functional teams to plan and execute strategy.
  • Define, simulate, and verify electronics and electrical system requirements.
  • Design, implement, prototype, and test multi-layer mixed-signal PCBAs.
  • Generate design documentation including schematics, block diagrams, test plans, procedures, and manufacturing drawings.
  • Design hardware to meet functional safety requirements with redundant, fail-safe, and diagnostic features.
  • Conduct performance benchmarking, power analysis, and thermal optimization for the hardware.
  • Develop validation and test plans, create test fixtures, and execute compliance testing against regulatory standards.
  • Participate in debugging and root cause analysis for hardware and software defects.
  • Manage vendor, contract manufacturer, and external design services relationships.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's, master's, or PhD degree in electrical engineering or a related field.
  • 4+ years of experience in electronics development.
  • Experience with AMRs, AGVs, motor drives, power distribution boards, power bus protection, communication protocols such as Ethernet, EtherCAT, and CAN, and wiring harnesses.
  • Experience with product lifecycle management systems such as Arena.
  • Competence with CAD tools such as Altium or similar.
  • Proven experience designing, prototyping, and debugging PCB/PCBAs and working with manufacturing groups during release and build.
  • Experience with electronics lab tools and simulation tools such as LTSpice and PSpice.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to develop detailed build assembly instructions and diagrams.
  • Excellent problem-solving and hardware debugging skills.
  • Hands-on experience with prototyping and testing using lab equipment.
  • Experience with robotics or electronics for lightweight, space-constrained systems is a plus.
  • Subject matter expertise in power electronics, battery and charger development, high-speed digital or compute carrier board design, functional safety, compliance, or DFx is preferred.

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