Electrical Engineer

About the Role

A pre-seed robotics startup building rugged, mission-critical ground robots for emergency response, industrial, and defense applications is looking for a hands-on Electrical Engineer to design and build the electrical backbone of their robots. You'll collaborate closely with mechanical and software teams to deliver reliable, field-ready systems that perform under the most demanding real-world conditions. This role spans analog and digital circuit design, power distribution, sensor integration, and harnessing.

What You'll Do

• Design analog and digital circuits including power regulation, signal conditioning, and sensor interfaces.
• Own full PCB development — schematic capture, layout, and bring-up.
• Work closely with mechanical and software engineers to ensure seamless, reliable system integration.
• Troubleshoot and debug system-level electrical issues across hardware and software boundaries.
• Define and maintain wiring diagrams, harnessing, grounding, and EMI/EMC strategies.
• Support sensor selection and integration (thermal, gas, visual, RF, and more).
• Run and interpret tests for thermal load, EMI, and ruggedness.
• Design and fabricate cable harnesses and enclosures optimized for field reliability.
• Run SPICE simulations for analog validation, noise analysis, and circuit stability.
• Contribute to design reviews and maintain documentation for key design decisions.
• Help build internal standards and test infrastructure for future hardware iterations.
• Communicate directly with end users to inform engineering direction on specific features.

What We're Looking For

Required:

• 5+ years of hands-on electrical design experience for robotics or embedded systems (analog and digital circuits, power distribution, sensors).
• Proficiency with schematic capture and PCB layout using Altium, KiCad, or Eagle.
• Experience designing robot bus and wiring harness systems, including full harness development.
• Embedded systems development, bring-up, and debugging experience.
• Strong fundamentals in electrical engineering with the ability to work across hardware, software, and mechanical teams.

Nice to Have:

• Experience with thermal, EMI, and vibration testing and debugging in robotics hardware.
• Hands-on soldering, lab board assembly, and wiring harness assembly.
• Sensor integration experience on robotics platforms.

Compensation & Benefits

• Salary: $100,000 – $150,000 USD annually
• Visa sponsorship is available.

Location

This is a fully on-site role based in Austin, TX. Candidates must be willing to work in-person.