Senior Electrical Engineer - Sensor FPGA and PCB (Aggregator)
Core
Design and build electronics for Apollo's sensor bridge, aggregating camera sensor data and human-robot interface functions into an efficient cable interface routed across dynamic joints.
Role type
Senior IC electrical engineer (FPGA/PCB)
Builds
Multi-Gbps mixed-signal PCBA for Apollo humanoid robot sensor bridge
Domain
Robotics, high-speed digital design, FPGA
Deliverable
production ML models | product features
Required skills
FPGA RTL development (VHDL/Verilog), high-speed interface design (CSI-2, GMSL, Ethernet), timing closure, signal integrity analysis, camera sensor hardware integration, schematic capture, layout guidance, FPGA tool flows (Vivado/Quartus), lab equipment usage (oscilloscopes, protocol analyzers)
Preferred skills
Automotive or robotics vision systems experience, Ethernet-based sensor streaming, ISP integration
Technologies
VHDL, Verilog, CSI-2, GMSL, FPD-Link, 10GbE, PCIe, Vivado, Quartus, ModelSim, Questa
Responsibilities
Define requirements and select parts for assigned subsystems, develop RTL for data ingest and synchronization, design high-speed digital interfaces and power trees, execute validation plans and debug hardware/RTL issues, manage component lifecycle and vendor relationships, mentor junior engineers
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC