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Electrical & Embedded Systems Engineer

Own power, controls, sensing, safety circuits, wiring, firmware, and diagnostics for the field platform.

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LocationCalifornia Central Coast · Field-heavy
StatusOpen · Full-time
AreaElectrical and embedded
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The mandate

Own power, controls, compute integration, wiring, communications, low-level firmware, and safety circuits for the robotic platform. Make every electrical fault observable and every hazardous state fail safely.

First-year outcomes

Evidence the role is working.

  1. 01

    A reviewed power and control architecture with explicit loads, protection, and fault states.

  2. 02

    A serviceable harness and enclosure design with controlled drawings and interfaces.

  3. 03

    Embedded firmware for actuator control, sensing, safety monitoring, and diagnostics.

  4. 04

    Repeatable bring-up, end-of-line, and field diagnostic procedures.

What you will own

  • Design power distribution, charging interfaces, motor control, compute, IO, and communications.
  • Own schematics, harnesses, connectors, PCB work where needed, and electrical documentation.
  • Develop embedded firmware, device drivers, state machines, boot behavior, and diagnostics.
  • Implement emergency-stop, interlock, watchdog, and fault-reporting behavior with systems engineering.
  • Validate EMC resilience, thermal behavior, ingress strategy, vibration, and power margins.
  • Support builds and field failures through disciplined root-cause analysis.

What we are looking for

  • Has shipped electrical and embedded systems on moving hardware.
  • Can design a power architecture, board or harness, firmware, and diagnostic path as one system.
  • Understands noise, grounding, protection, thermal limits, connectors, and field failure modes.
  • Writes maintainable embedded code with explicit states and fault behavior.
  • Uses instrumentation and logs to isolate intermittent hardware problems.

The field reality

The environment is part of the design.

A loose connector, weak power rail, water path, or opaque firmware fault can stop an entire field day. The electrical system must be diagnosable by a technician, safe around people, and tolerant of vibration, dirt, charging cycles, and hurried service.

Useful, not required in every candidate
  • Battery systems, motor controllers, industrial buses, safety IO, or edge compute.
  • CAN, Ethernet, serial, GNSS, IMUs, encoders, and environmental sensors.
  • PCB design, harness release, embedded Linux, RTOS, or bare-metal firmware.
  • Mobile robotics, automotive, industrial controls, or rugged outdoor electronics.

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