⚡ Electrical Engineer – High-Density Power Electronics and Sensor Integration
Proception.AI ↗
📍 Palo Alto, United States 🇺🇸
full-time
mid-level
Expired
Posted —
This job posting has expired
View All Electrical Engineer Jobs
Key Skills
motorpowersensorfirmwarePCB
Industry
RoboticsConsumer Electronics
Job Description
“At Proception, we're building the most dexterous humanoid hands in the world: 20+ actuators tightly packed into a compact robotic forearm. As an Electrical Engineer, you'll lead the design of embedded systems that handle motor control, power delivery, sensor integration, and real-time communication within extreme spatial and thermal constraints. Your work will directly impact the intelligence, responsiveness, and robustness of our robotic platforms.”
🎯Role Details
🎯Role Details
- Design and assemble embedded motor control and power boards capable of driving 20+ actuators in a compact robotic forearm
- Develop on-board power management subsystems for safe, efficient, and scalable power distribution
- Integrate multiple sensor modalities (tactile, force/torque, IMU, encoder) for closed-loop robotic control
- Develop firmware to manage motor drivers, sensor interfaces, and real-time communication protocols like CAN-FD and EtherCAT
- Optimize PCB layout and mechanical integration to balance thermal performance, EMI/EMC compliance, and signal integrity
- Collaborate closely with mechanical and AI teams to align system design with sensing, motion, and thermal constraints
- Support board bring-up, system debugging, and diagnostics across the full embedded stack
- Contribute to architecture decisions around centralized vs distributed control, sensor data aggregation, and failover design
-
Continuously test and iterate with real robotic hardware to ensure reliability and robustness in field deployments
- Experience designing and debugging high-density, mixed-signal PCBs (power + control + sensing)
- Deep knowledge of BLDC and servo motor control (FOC, current sensing, position feedback)
- Expertise in power electronics: switching regulators, gate drivers, current measurement, thermal management
- Proficiency with embedded communication protocols: CAN, CAN-FD, EtherCAT
- Experience integrating sensor arrays (force, tactile, IMUs, encoders) into embedded systems
- Comfortable designing robust power distribution and management systems with protection and monitoring features
- Strong embedded C/C++ and firmware development experience for real-time and RTOS-based systems
- Familiarity with EMI/EMC mitigation, thermal-aware layout, and high-current PCB design
-
Skilled at hardware bring-up and debugging using tools like oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and power analyzers
- Opportunity to work on one of the most technically challenging and high-impact robotics platforms today
- Work at the intersection of embedded systems, intelligent control, and human-like machines
- Backed by YC and leading deep tech VCs, with a team of top-tier engineers and researchers
- Comprehensive health and dental coverage
-
Competitive salary with equity
Key Skills
motorpowersensorfirmwarePCB
Industry
RoboticsConsumer Electronics