Senior Electrical Engineer - HRI
Core
Designing and validating audio and display electronics for the human-robot interface of the Apollo humanoid robot.
Role type
Senior IC electrical engineer (audio/display systems)
Builds
Apollo humanoid robot
Domain
Robotics / Embodied AI
Deliverable
production ML models | product features
Required skills
PCB design (Altium Designer), mixed-signal PCB design, EMI/EMC compliance, power hardware architecture, validation test plan design, vendor management, team mentorship
Preferred skills
Audio system design (microphones, speakers, amplifiers), I2S, signal conditioning, A/D and D/A converters, DSP, Thiele/Small parameters, lumped element modeling, adaptive filtering (LMS/RLS), array processing, ASR engine requirements
Technologies
Altium Designer, Audio Precision, SoundCheck, B&K HATS, COMSOL, LEAP
Responsibilities
Define electrical requirements for HRI subsystems, design and test audio/display subsystems, ensure EMI/EMC and safety certification compliance, design multi-layer mixed signal PCBAs, execute validation testing, own power hardware lifecycle, manage vendor relationships, mentor junior engineers
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC