Electrical Engineer – Robotic Hand/Gripper (Vancouver)

Description

• Collaborate with mechanical engineers and software developers to achieve seamless electrical-mechanical integration, including sensor alignment, joint calibration, and thermal management.
• Collaboration with top‑tier engineers, researchers, and product experts in AI and robotics
• Create detailed schematics and PCB layouts using Altium, ensuring designs meet stringent performance, reliability, and manufacturability standards, including EMI/EMC compliance for sensitive robotic hand applications.
• Apply strong circuit analysis fundamentals to review electrical designs, conduct failure analysis, and troubleshoot complex electronics, with an emphasis on high-reliability in robotic manipulation systems.
• Perform hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) testing, system validation, and debugging using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, power analyzers, and spectrum analyzers.
• Develop high-fidelity sensor interfaces for tactile arrays, force-torque sensors, encoders, and proximity sensors to enable fine manipulation and adaptive grasping.
• Develop and manage power regulation and distribution systems tailored to the compact form factor of robotic hands, including switching power supplies, battery management systems (BMS), and short-circuit protection.
• Implement communication protocols optimized for robotic hands, including EtherCAT, CANopen, SPI, and I2C, ensuring deterministic, low-latency, and fault-tolerant operation.
• Design and develop electrical systems that power and control robotic hands, including miniature BLDC, servo, and tendon-driven actuators, along with haptic feedback mechanisms.
• Ensure designs comply with relevant safety standards and certifications (e.g., IEC 61508, ISO 13849, UL/CE) for safety-critical robotic hand applications in industrial and healthcare environments.
• Write embedded firmware in C and HDL to program STM32 microcontrollers, NXP SoCs, and Xilinx FPGAs, supporting real-time control loops, sensor data acquisition, and communication protocols.

Requirements

• Experience developing power regulation and distribution systems, including short-circuit protection, switching regulators, and efficient power management systems for compact electromechanical devices.
• BS or MS in Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics, or a closely related field.
• Embedded programming experience in C, HDL, Verilog, and VHDL for STM32, NXP, and Xilinx platforms.
• Knowledge of SolidWorks or similar mechanical CAD tools for collaboration on electrical-mechanical interfaces.
• Familiarity with Linux kernel development, including device driver development and real-time patches, is a strong plus.
• Hands-on experience using Python, C++, MATLAB, or LabVIEW for automated testing, data analysis, and hardware validation.
• Freedom to influence the product and own key initiatives
• Dexterous robotic hands with multi-fingered actuation, adaptive gripping, and tactile sensing, targeting industrial automation, medical prosthetics, and collaborative robotics applications.
• Experience integrating tactile sensors, force-torque sensors, and position encoders for dexterous manipulation tasks.
• Working knowledge of circuit simulation, signal integrity analysis, and EMC/EMI mitigation strategies.
• Understanding of robotics safety standards and experience designing safety-rated control systems (e.g., IEC 61508, ISO 13849) is highly desirable.
• Advanced sensor integration and real-time embedded systems enabling responsive, safe, and adaptive robotic hand performance in dynamic environments.
• Strong experience with PCB design tools such as Altium, focusing on high-density, multi-layer PCB layouts and design for manufacturing (DFM).
• Proven experience in precision actuator driver design, specifically for miniature BLDC motors, servo motors, or tendon-driven actuators used in robotic hands or prosthetic devices.
• Proficiency in high-speed data communication protocols such as EtherCAT, CANopen, SPI, and I2C, optimized for real-time sensor-actuator communication.
• Precision control systems leveraging miniature BLDC/servo motors, tendon-based actuation, and haptic feedback loops to deliver human-like dexterity and manipulation capabilities.

Benefits

• Competitive salary plus participation in our Stock Option Plan
• Office perks: free lunches
• Travel opportunities to our London and Boston offices
• Paid vacation with adjustments based on your location to comply with local labor laws

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance