Senior Power Engineer - Motor Controller

At Serve Robotics, we're reimagining how things move in cities. Our personable sidewalk robot is our vision for the future. It's designed to take deliveries away from congested streets, make deliveries available to more people, and benefit local businesses.

The Serve fleet has been delighting merchants, customers, and pedestrians along the way in Los Angeles while doing commercial deliveries. We're looking for talented individuals who will grow robotic deliveries from surprising novelty to efficient ubiquity.

Who We Are

We are tech industry veterans in software, hardware, and design who are pooling our skills to build the future we want to live in. We are solving real-world problems leveraging robotics, machine learning and computer vision, among other disciplines, with a mindful eye towards the end-to-end user experience. Our team is agile, diverse, and driven. We believe that the best way to solve complicated dynamic problems is collaboratively and respectfully.

About The Team

The dynamic and diverse Electrical Engineering team at Serve Robotics ensures product safety and effectiveness. Key to driving company success, they collaborate, innovate, and create efficient solutions for high-performance robotic applications.

What you'll be doing

As a Senior Electrical Engineer, this individual will be responsible for designing complex printed circuit boards (PCBs) and proposing the overall electrical architecture. They will select key electrical components to ensure optimal system performance and collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, including mechanical, software, and systems engineers, to ensure seamless integration of electrical components. Additionally, they will prioritize electrical safety and electromagnetic compatibility requirements. The individual will lead on design requirements, specifications, design risk assessment, test methods, verification testing, and more.

How a day look for our Sr Electrical Engineer

• Design the electrical architecture for the next-gen delivery robot, supporting multiple market applications. Prioritize high-speed analog and digital design, high-speed data cabling, high voltage power, embedded systems, and motor controllers.
• Own the complete lifecycle of PCBA development, including specification, architecture, design, simulation, schematics, layout, prototype validation, and manufacturing.
• Define and maintain comprehensive documentation outlining system design specifications, power consumption estimates, and validation strategies to ensure product performance and reliability.
• Develop hardware with a focus on Design for manufacturing, ensuring efficient production processes, Design for test, and compliance with electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) and electromagnetic interference (EMI) standards.
• Work closely with embedded software engineers to enable seamless hardware-firmware integration, ensuring proper functionality, debugging, and optimization during early prototype development.
• Investigate hardware failures, system-level issues, and performance deviations using analytical techniques and debugging tools to identify root causes and implement corrective actions.

Qualifications

• BS in Electrical Engineering; MS/PhD preferred.
• 10+ years of experience in designing and testing electrical systems in robotics, consumer electronics, or related fields.
• Expertise in high-speed analog and digital design, embedded systems, power electronics, and motor controllers.
• Broad technical skills, capable of contributing to various aspects of robotic system design.
• Proficient in electrical CAD tools and PCBA design workflows; Altium experience preferred.
• Working knowledge of Linux command line for scripting, text editing, and system operations.
• Extensive hands-on experience with oscilloscopes, DMMs, spectrum analyzers, LCR/network analyzers, and soldering equipment.
• Familiarity with communication protocols including CAN, RS-485, UART, SPI, I2C, and Ethernet.
• Experience in power electronics, including DC-DC converters and battery management systems.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to collaborate across cross-functional teams and vendors.

What makes you standout

• Proficiency with the NVIDIA Jetson platform.
• Deep expertise in one or more areas: sensors, motors, batteries, cameras, power systems, and thermal design.
• Experience managing overseas vendor partnerships and factory support.
• Industry experience in automotive, medical, aerospace, or robotics.
• Strong background in brushless DC motor tuning, motor specification, and validation.
• Expertise in thermal testing and EMC/EMI compliance verification.
• Proficiency in developing automation scripts (Python, Bash) for hardware testing.