Senior ECAD Librarian

Humanoid • Cambridge, MA

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About The Position

Humanoid’s Core Platform Electrical team designs and releases the PCBs that power its humanoid robots, including sensor interface boards, power distribution boards, and compute carrier cards. As the company scales from prototype to production, the Senior ECAD Librarian will own and grow the Altium Designer component library, maintaining accurate, manufacturable, consistent, and traceable component data for electrical engineering teams in Boston, Vancouver, and London. This foundational role is intended to reduce respin risk, rework, and delays caused by incorrect footprints or duplicate parts.

The position covers the creation and validation of schematic symbols, PCB footprints, and 3D models; enforcement and documentation of library conventions; component lifecycle management; verification of manufacturer data and approved alternatives; and support for component and footprint traceability. The role also works with electrical engineering and supply chain teams on Teamcenter and part-numbering integration, bulk library cleanup, and requests to add, retire, or validate components.

Requirements

• Hands-on experience with Altium Designer, including schematic library and PCB footprint creation.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to cross-reference datasheets and verify pin counts, pad geometry, and package dimensions.
• Familiarity with component lifecycle and PLM concepts, including draft, preliminary, and released states and where-used traceability, and how these relate to manufacturing quality.
• Understanding of standard component conventions, including reference designator schemes, tolerances such as 1% resistors and 10% capacitors, AEC-Q200 grading where relevant, and approved manufacturer or supplier alternates.
• Ability to work across a distributed electrical engineering team and prioritize incoming library requests.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with Altium 365 or Managed Components.
• Experience with Teamcenter or another PLM system, or exposure to integrating ECAD libraries with enterprise PLM/ERP.
• Experience in a hardware startup or fast-scaling engineering organization where library practices had to be built from the ground up.

Responsibilities

• Own the Altium component library.
• Create, validate, and maintain schematic symbols, PCB footprints, and 3D models for components requested by electrical engineers.
• Apply and evolve standards for symbol sizing, footprint conventions, reference designator schemes, and component naming.
• Administer component status workflows in Altium from Draft through Preliminary to Production, ensuring only vetted parts are promoted for active designs.
• Verify manufacturer part numbers, approved alternates, and Part Choices attached to library parts.
• Keep footprint and pinout data accurate against datasheets to prevent errors in fabricated boards.
• Support where-used traceability for components, symbols, and footprints so teams can identify affected PCB designs when an issue arises.
• Work with electrical engineers to add, retire, and validate components, and communicate library changes that may affect in-flight designs.
• Support integration of Altium component data with Teamcenter and the company’s part-numbering scheme, in coordination with electrical engineering and supply chain teams.
• Partner with engineering on bulk library edits and standardization to reduce duplication and inconsistency.
• Maintain library rules, statuses, and conventions in Confluence.

Benefits

• Comprehensive health coverage for US-based employees, including fully paid medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Virtual care and employee assistance resources.
• 23 days of accrued PTO, separate sick leave, and paid company holidays.
• 401(k) retirement plan with a 4% employer match.
• Stock options.
• Free daily catered lunch, snacks, and drinks in-office.
• Opportunity to collaborate with engineers, researchers, and product experts in AI and robotics.
• Freedom to influence the product and own key initiatives.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed