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Principal Electrical Engineer (Compute and Sensing)

Apptronik

Skills

Required

  • robotics / autonomous vehicles / aerospace
  • PCIe
  • DDR4/5
  • GMSL
  • 10GbE
  • M.S
  • high-performance hardware design
  • ISO 26262

Preferred

  • Altium
  • Designer
  • hardware simulation tools
  • SPICE / Ansys / HyperLynx
  • thermal dissipation strategies
  • designing custom carrier boards
  • NVIDIA
  • Jetson

Apptronik, a leading robotics company, as a Principal Electrical Engineer. In this top-tier technical role, you will serve as the lead architect for the "nervous system" of the Apollo humanoid robot. You will be responsible for the end-to-end hardware architecture, high-performance PCB design, manufacturing and reliability, multi-modal sensing, data pipeline optimization, safety architecture, diagnostics, and defining the long-term technical roadmap. You will also act as the ultimate technical authority on compute/sensing during design reviews and provide deep technical mentorship to electrical and embedded engineers.

Lead the design and implementation of the high-performance compute and sensory backbone for the Apollo humanoid robot, ensuring powerful, redundant, and functionally safe architecture.

Define the long-term technical roadmap for Apollo’s compute and sensing evolution, identifying emerging technologies that will keep Apptronik at the cutting edge.

Responsibilities

  • Drive the design and validation of custom carrier boards for high-performance modules, managing power delivery networks, thermal dissipation strategies, and high-speed signal integrity.
  • Expertise: * Proven track record of designing custom carrier boards for NVIDIA Jetson or similar high-end compute modules
  • Experience integrating multi-sensor suites with precise hardware-level time synchronization

Requirements

  • Must be able to lift 15 pounds at times

Hearing and speech to communicate

  • Mastery of high-speed digital design (PCIe, DDR4/5, GMSL, 10GbE)
  • Vision to read printed materials and a computer screen
  • Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer
  • Education: M.S. or Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field
  • Experience: 12+ years of experience in high-performance hardware design, with a focus on robotics, autonomous vehicles, or aerospace
  • Hands-on experience with Functional Safety architecture (ISO 26262 or equivalent)

Preferred

  • Tools: Proficiency with Altium Designer (or similar) and hardware simulation tools (SPICE, Ansys, or HyperLynx)