Senior Electrical Engineer — Compute and Sensing
$213,000–$284,000 year
On-siteCambridge, Massachusetts, United States or Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
Job Summary
Design and deliver compute and sensing subsystems for the humanoid robot, including SoM/SoC-based boards and high-bandwidth camera modules. Lead high-speed digital design efforts covering schematic capture, controlled-impedance PCB layout, and signal integrity analysis for interfaces like MIPI CSI-2, PCIe, and SerDes. Architect FPGA-based data paths for camera aggregation and synchronization, then own board bring-up, hands-on debug, and root-cause analysis using oscilloscopes and protocol analyzers. Partner cross-functionally with mechanical, firmware, and perception teams to integrate sensors under real packaging and thermal constraints, driving designs from concept through DFM/DFA and production release while mentoring engineers.
Required Qualifications
- 7+ years of experience delivering complex electronics from concept through production (or MS + 5 years), including shipping hardware into volume production
- Strong core electrical engineering skillset: schematic design, multilayer PCB layout (e.g Altium), power supply/regulation design, component selection, and bring-up of mixed-signal boards
- Experienced with HDI board design
- Demonstrated experience designing and debugging high-speed signals, including controlled-impedance routing, length/skew matching, and signal-integrity analysis
- Hands-on experience integrating high-bandwidth cameras and image sensors, including interfaces such as MIPI CSI-2 and associated timing, synchronization, and data-rate considerations
- Working knowledge of FPGA-based systems and the hardware design required to support them (high-speed I/O, memory, clocking), including collaboration with firmware/software teams
- Strong proficiency with lab instrumentation (oscilloscopes, logic and protocol analyzers) for systematic troubleshooting
- Strong communication, ownership, and cross-functional collaboration
- Must be able to lift 50 lbs
Desired Qualifications
- Direct experience with robotic systems, preferably humanoid and/or manipulation robots
- FPGA development experience (RTL/HDL) for camera or sensor data pipelines, including image-sensor pre-processing or sensor fusion
- Experience with high-speed board design tools and SI simulation, and with camera calibration, synchronization, or ISP integration
- Experience with RF and wireless communication designs, working understanding of antenna design
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