Senior Manager of Electrical Engineering Compute & Sensing

Apptronik is seeking a visionary Senior Manager of Electrical Engineering to lead the team responsible for the "nervous system" and "brain" of our next-generation humanoid robots. In this role you will build mentor and grow a specialized engineering team dedicated to defining and developing our high-performance compute and sensing stack.

You will bridge the gap between silicon and sensing overseeing the design of custom high-speed carrier boards and the integration of diverse sensor modalities. This is a leadership position that requires deep technical "in-the-trenches" experience with modern SoMs and high-bandwidth data acquisition combined with the strategic mindset needed to scale a world-class hardware team.

• Recruit hire and retain top-tier electrical engineers specializing in high-speed digital design signal integrity and embedded systems.
• Provide deep technical guidance during design reviews ensuring the team adheres to best practices for PCB layout thermal management and EMI/EMC compliance.
• Collaborate with Software and Perception leads to define the hardware roadmap for our next-generation compute architecture.

• Lead the development of custom ruggedized carrier boards for high-performance SoMs (specifically NVIDIA) optimized for the unique power and space constraints of a humanoid robot.
• Oversee the implementation and validation of high-speed data protocols.
• Define the power architecture for the compute cluster ensuring stable delivery under high-transient loads and harsh electrical environments.

• Direct the electrical integration of diverse sensors modalities.
• Optimize the electrical interface and synchronization of sensors to ensure low-latency data for the autonomy stack.
• Ensure robust data transmission across complex robot harnesses mitigating noise and interference in a high-power actuator environment.

• B.S in Computer Engineering or Electrical Engineering
• 10+ years in Electrical Engineering with a focus on high-speed digital design including 3+ years in a formal people-management or leadership role.
• Proven track record of shipping products based on the NVIDIA Jetson platform (or similar SoM) including custom carrier board design and bring-up.
• Expert-level understanding of high-speed PCB design (12+ layers) signal integrity simulation and power integrity analysis.
• Deep knowledge of electrical interfaces for perception sensors (GMSL2 FPD-Link III Ethernet CAN-FD).
• Preferred Experience in robotics autonomous vehicles or high-performance edge computing.

What We Do

Apptronik is building robots for the real world to improve human quality of life and to help solve the ever-increasing labor shortage problem. Our team has been building some of the most advanced robots on the planet for years dating back to the DARPA Robotics Challenge. We apply our expertise across the full robotics stack to some of the most important and impactful problems our society faces and expect our products and technology to change the world for the better. We value passion creativity and collaboration to help us overcome existing technological barriers in the industry to create truly innovative products.

Why Work With Us

At Apptronik we don't see a future where man competes against machine. Instead we envision a harmonious world where man and machine coexist. Our mission statement "It is not Man vs. Machine but Man + Machine" encapsulates our belief that the synergy between humans and robots will pave the way for a brighter more advanced future.

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