Principal Electrical Engineer - Compute and Sensing
Core
Lead architect for the compute and sensory backbone of the Apollo humanoid robot, designing high-performance hardware for general-purpose robotics.
Role type
Principal Electrical Engineer (Compute & Sensing)
Builds
Apollo humanoid robot compute modules and perception stacks
Domain
Robotics / Embodied AI / Hardware Systems
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Custom carrier board design for NVIDIA Jetson, high-speed digital design (PCIe, DDR4/5, GMSL, 10GbE), multi-sensor suite integration with hardware-level time synchronization, Functional Safety architecture (ISO 26262), Altium Designer, hardware simulation tools (SPICE, Ansys, HyperLynx)
Preferred skills
Experience in robotics, autonomous vehicles, or aerospace
Technologies
NVIDIA Jetson, SoCs, FPGAs, MCUs, LiDAR, depth cameras, IMUs, tactile sensors, GigE, GMSL2, USB 3.0, MIPI
Responsibilities
Own end-to-end design of safe compute architecture, lead design and validation of custom carrier boards, drive Design for Manufacturability and Reliability, define electrical architecture for perception stack, architect high-bandwidth data pipelines, drive physical and logical safety architecture decisions, implement robust hardware diagnostics, define long-term technical roadmap, act as technical authority in design reviews, provide deep technical mentorship
Seniority
Principal, hands-on IC
