Electrical Engineer
📌Kawasaki, Japan 🇯🇵
⏱︎ full-time
🧙♂️ mid-level
💰 5000000
hybrid
A rapidly growing startup specializing in next-generation robotic solutions is seeking a skilled Electrical & Electronics Development Engineer to join its hardware development team. The company develops compact autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) capable of transporting heavy loads and towing existing carts without modification-offering innovative solutions to industries such as logistics and manufacturing that are facing significant labor shortages and transformation.
Position Summary
This role involves end-to-end responsibility for electrical and electronics development of robotic platforms, including component selection, wire harness design, circuit evaluation, prototyping, and compliance with safety standards. You will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams and suppliers to deliver safe, efficient, and scalable hardware systems.
Key Responsibilities
- Electrical design and prototyping of robotics components (motors, PCBs, FA components)
- Design and development of wire harnesses and cable assemblies
- Component selection (connectors, wires, motors, etc.) and cost-performance optimization
- Noise countermeasures, thermal and current calculations, and derating analysis
- Compliance with relevant safety and legal standards (ISO3691-4, ISO26262, UL, etc.)
- Troubleshooting and analysis of hardware issues
- Occasional visits to customer sites for hardware investigation and support
- Coordination with prototyping and mass-production suppliers
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Optional involvement in adjacent domains (mechanical or embedded) depending on interest and experience
You will join the Hardware Development Team within the core technology division. The team handles:
- Electrical and mechanical design for multiple robotics platforms
- Prototyping, performance testing, and mass production preparation
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Occasional travel for site visits and supplier communication
- Robotics Platforms: Compact AMRs and tow-robots developed in-house
- Software Tools: Linux (Ubuntu), ROS, Docker
- Communication: Slack, Notion
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Hardware Design: SolidWorks, KiCAD, Bambu Lab 3D Printer
- Experience developing mechatronic products (e.g., robots, vehicles) with over 100 units mass-produced
- Basic electronics experience (e.g., circuit design, soldering, prototyping)
- Proficiency with 3D CAD tools such as SolidWorks
- Intermediate-level Japanese (for supplier communication)
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Intermediate-level English (for internal communication in a multilingual team)
- Design experience in autonomous or mobile robotics
- Experience with mass production of automotive-style wire harnesses
- Familiarity with functional safety (e.g., ISO3691-4, ISO26262)
- Electrical certifications or knowledge of high-voltage systems
- Knowledge of global standards (e.g., UL regulations)
- Experience with BLDC motors or lithium-ion battery systems
- Experience using CAD tools for schematic and PCB design
- Cost and material optimization in cable assemblies
- C++ or Python programming skills
- Customer communication experience
- Participation in tech competitions or hardware hackathons
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Ability to flexibly support additional roles if needed (e.g., software, QA, manufacturing)
- Broad technical knowledge across electrical, mechanical, and embedded domains
- Willingness to take on challenges beyond prior experience
- Strong curiosity and self-driven learning habits
- Enjoys working in a fast-paced, collaborative startup environment
- Comfortable in a multilingual and multicultural workplace
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Interested in contributing to real-world robotics deployment and transformation of industry
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¥5,000,000 - ¥8,000,000 annually (Negotiable based on experience and expertise)
- Based in Japan (with on-site lab access for hardware testing)
- Remote work flexibility available
- Occasional business travel required (e.g., customer sites, supplier visits)
Senior Embedded Software Engineer
@ Embedd 
What we're looking for
At embedd.it, we power hardware-software integration in embedded devices. We turn fragmented semiconductor chip data into configurable digital twins, then deterministically generate code, tests, and documentation – making integration faster, cheaper, and resilient to supply chain shocks.
We’re looking for a true legend – someone with abstract thinking and deep expertise in low-level software development. You’ll build vendor-agnostic tooling for MCU and peripheral integration to solve hardware-software integration once and for all. We work at the intersection of embedded systems, code generation, compilers, and machine learning. It’s your chance to help redefine how low-level development is done.
Responsibilities
- Drive the architecture of the driver structures and system layout
- Define scalable patterns for cross-architectural integration across bare-metal, Zephyr, Linux, and other environments
- Deconstruct complex SoC device trees and translate hardware descriptions into structured internal models for automated reasoning
- Partner with the ML team to shape data and annotation models for AI-driven data-extraction tooling
Qualifications
- 5+ years of experience in embedded systems development, including bare-metal and RTOS-based systems
- Proficiency in C/C++
- Familiarity with firmware configuration, SoC bring-up, and system-level debugging
- Hands-on experience with code generation tools, or low-level compiler/decompiler/emulator technologies
- Strong background in embedded toolchains: compilers, linkers, debuggers, and build systems
- Python or scripting for automation and tooling is a plus
- Experience with functional-safety standards is a plus
Why embedd.it?
- Dynamic, venture-backed team of engineers challenging the status quo 🚀
- Work at the intersection of embedded systems, code generators, compilers, and ML 🤖
- Unusual challenges requiring out-of-the-box abstract thinking 🧠
- Competitive compensation: cash + equity 💰
- Remote work possible 🌍
About Us
embedd.it is a UK-based startup reinventing embedded development. Our platform transforms unstructured semiconductor data into structured digital twins, enabling automatic generation of drivers, tests, and documentation. We're building a single, traceable source of truth to make integration fast, vendor-agnostic, and future-proof.
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