Hardware Engineer
Hardware Engineer
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10-04-2025
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Yearly Salary
$ 139776 - 209664
Vacancy
1 Vacancy
Posted on :
10-04-2025
Job Description
At Toyota Research Institute (TRI) were on a mission to improve the quality of human life. Were developing new tools and capabilities to amplify the human experience. To lead this transformative shift in mobility weve built a worldclass team in Energy & Materials HumanCentered AI Human Interactive Driving Large Behavioral Models and Robotics.
As a Hardware Engineer on the Prototyping and Research Operations (PROps) team you will partner with research teams across TRI to design build and test novel prototypes as a part of TRIs research mission. You will use your knowledge of mechanical and electrical systems to nurture projects in the design phase and see them through to completion in building and testing. On the PROps team your work across TRIs teams will allow you to advise processes and programs run by our team to accelerate research and development for Toyota. To thrive in this role beyond your technical skills you must be selfdirected able to mentor and lead a diverse team of operations specialists and engineers and use your organizational skills as a tool to guide openended projects to completion.
Responsibilities
- Participate in hardware development initiatives on the PROps team and contribute to the design and development of TRIs research projects focusing primarily on robotics.
- Produce documentation for the assembly manufacturing and function of designed systems.
- Participate in field test events to evaluate system performance and prepare and deliver reports on test results.
- Develop prototypes and perform studies to identify and specify key system components including sensors circuit boards and actuators. Design bring up and debug custom electrical subsystems including power systems motor control and sensor interfaces and the overall electrical system.
- Partner with internal collaborators external vendors and contractors to develop fabricate and assemble sophisticated systems and subsystems.
- Perform builds and teardowns of deployment facilities and workstations. Assemble as needed the requisite components for testing and test infrastructure.
- Assist in developing and documenting user manuals for existing prototypes as well as documentation of new components and prototypes as they are developed.
- Collaborate with Research Operations Engineers to design and coordinate events field tests and other deployments in support of the research and engineering teams.
- Fabricate components for prototypes using rapid prototyping equipment 3D Printers laser cutters drill presses saws etc.
- Safely deploy and directly operate mobile robots and research equipment during deployment activities.
Qualifications
- B.S. or higher in an engineeringrelated field preferably electrical engineering and 3 years of relevant industry experience.
- Experience with a fullstack approach to robotics including familiarity with electromechanical systems and actuation as well as practical software design.
- Software engineering experience working with C and Python.
- Experience building and deploying custom robotic systems to remote facilities.
- Experience and a proven understanding of rapid prototyping techniques and experience designing for smallscale contract manufacturing and assembly.
- An outstanding teammate with strong interpersonal and communication skills.
- Ability to travel up to 50 of the time periodically both international and domestic.
The pay range for this position at commencement of employment is expected to be between $139776 and $209664/year for Californiabased roles; however base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors including market location jobrelated knowledge skills and experience. Note that TRI offers a generous benefits package (including 401(k) eligibility and various paid time off benefits such as vacation sick time and parental leave) and an annual cash bonus structure. Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment.
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