Senior Electrical Engineer (On-site)

At Standard Bots were revolutionizing real-world automation by making robotic systems accessible to everyone. Our AI-powered platform enables robots to tackle unprecedented challenges through an intuitive instruction interface bringing the power of software automation to physical spaces.

What youll do:

Were looking for a seasoned electrical engineer to own the electronics at the heart of our robots: motor controllers power distribution compute camera battery management and sensing boards. As a Senior Electrical Engineer you will take designs from concept through production release work hands-on in the lab and partner with Mechanical Software and Functional Safety engineers to ship hardware that is simple reliable and manufacturable at scale.

Location

This role is On-Site 5 days/week at our Glen Cove NY Factory where our robots are designed built and tested. Youll have a fully equipped electronics lab production robots and our manufacturing floor steps from your desk.

Responsibilities

• Own the design and validation of PCBAs for critical robot subsystems motor controllers power distribution compute camera battery management and sensing boards from concept through production release

• Drive key architecture and component decisions through conceptual design requirements definition and trade studies and advise hardware leadership on technical strategy

• Do the hands-on technically deep work: schematic capture PCB layout (including high-current power and high-speed digital) board bring-up test plans and root-cause debugging in the lab

• Lead design reviews and own the component library release process and design checklists that keep the team fast and consistent

• Be the primary technical contact for PCB fabrication and assembly vendors; drive DFM/DFA feedback into designs and support production issues

• Mentor and advise associate and mid-level engineers on technical and personal advancement
  

  Who you are

  We dont require a background in robotics but we do require deep hands-on electronics experience.

  Were looking for engineers who are self-driven optimistic creative and resourceful. We have no requirement for a background in robotics but find most success with engineers excited by the domain and looking to apply deep electronics expertise from motor drives power electronics embedded compute automotive or aerospace to robots they can watch move. Our ideal candidate will be open to spending roughly 60% of their time on design (architecture schematics layout) and 40% on lab integration and manufacturing support (bring-up debug vendor and production issues) with flexibility to sway more toward one or the other depending on current projects and team needs.

  Skills youll bring:

  • Experience: You have a bachelors or graduate degree in Electrical Engineering (or a related field) and 5 years designing building and testing PCBAs including designs youve taken through production release

  • EE Depth: You have mastery of power electronics (motor drivers and inverter stages switch-mode supplies power sequencing and protection) digital electronics (MCUs FPGAs Ethernet USB SPI/I2C/UART signal-integrity fundamentals) and analog electronics (op-amps filters ADC/DAC signal chains precision sensing)

  • Tool Fluency: Youre proficient in Altium Designer (or similar EDA tools) for schematic capture and multi-layer layout including constraint-driven routing for high-speed and high-current designs

  • Debugging Mastery: You know how to attack a hardware problem with a scope logic/protocol analyzer and bench instruments document what you find and converge on a fix quickly

  • Clarity of Communication: You excel in written and verbal communication clear design documentation crisp trade studies and design reviews that make your peers better

  • Impact Driven: You relentlessly seek user impact and value execution over technical idealism; a reliable manufacturable board that ships beats an elegant one that never leaves the lab

  • Proactive Simplicity: You prioritize simplicity reliability and velocity and proactively identify opportunities to improve proposed designs or incumbent hardware

  • Growth Optimism: You are excited by new domains and challenges and eager to pick up new context to accelerate your impact

  • Excelling in Ambitious Environments: You excel in dynamic and ambitious environments working with a diverse group of individuals and backgrounds

  Bonus points for:

  • High-speed design (PCIe Gen15 USB3/4 MIPI GMSL 10G Ethernet) with high-current power delivery for compute modules and a working understanding of signal and power integrity (impedance control crosstalk PDN) and how to mitigate issues

  • Camera electronics and image sensor integration (MIPI GMSL sensor power and clocking)

  • Dense or space-constrained boards (HDI flex rigid-flex) and their fabrication trade-offs

  • Motor electromagnetic design and motor control (FOC current sensing encoder interfaces) or control systems for robotic manipulation or locomotion

  • Embedded programming of DSPs MCUs and FPGAs; LTspice and Python for simulation analysis and test automation

  • EMC/EMI design and regulatory compliance testing (CE/UL IEC 61000 series) including pre-compliance debugging

  • Real-time industrial fieldbuses (EtherCAT CAN/CANopen EtherNet/IP) and safety-rated electronics to ISO 13849 or IEC 61508 (redundant architectures STO safety fieldbus)

  • Taking products from prototype through NPI to volume manufacturing DFM/DFT test fixtures yield improvement
    
    
    Compensation and Benefits:
    The base salary range for this role is $120000 to $180000 depending on experience. Base salary is just one part of the overall compensation at Standard Bots. All Full-Time Employees are eligible for Employee Stock Options. We also offer a package of benefits including paid time off medical/dental/vision insurance life insurance disability insurance and 401(k) to regular full-time employees.

Required Experience:

Senior IC