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Staff Electrical Engineer

San Francisco, CA, us💼 Full-time🗓 2026-09-09 → 2026-09-26

Core

Design and implementation of high-speed compute platform PCAs, embedded architecture, and motor control systems for robotic surgery solutions.

Role type

Staff Electrical Engineer (Embedded Systems & Robotics)

Builds

Custom printed circuit assemblies (PCAs), electronic subsystems, and complete surgical robot solutions.

Domain

Medical Robotics / Embedded Systems

Deliverable

production ML models | product features

Required skills

Embedded system design, dense PCB design, digital logic design, transmission line theory, BLDC motor control, GAN FETs, current sensing, FPGA logic design, schematic capture, PCB layout, electronic system debugging, scripting for development and test, product development lifecycle management, risk analysis.

Preferred skills

Xilinx FPGA tools, OrCAD, Allegro, Verilog, ModelSim, Python.

Technologies

FPGAs, Xilinx, OrCAD, Allegro, Verilog, ModelSim, Python, BLDC motors, GAN FETs.

Responsibilities

Design, bring-up, and integration of custom PCAs; Architect communication and processing of electronic subsystems; Collaborate on system design with FPGA, mechanical, software, and controls teams; Identify and implement key components in actuation (sensing, vision, UI, motor driving); Implement PCB designs balancing performance, cost, and manufacturability; Perform board level bring-up and troubleshooting; Perform formal risk analysis and develop mitigations; Discover and develop new vendors and technologies; Write detailed design documentation, specifications, and verification plans; Write V&V protocols and associated scripts.

Seniority

Staff, hands-on IC with strategic input

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