Senior Electrical Engineer

Skild AI • San Mateo, CA

8d • $140,000 - $230,000

About The Position

We are seeking an experienced Electrical Engineer to own electrical system integration across our robotics platforms. You will be the internal expert for grounding, shielding, filtering, signal integrity, wireless integration, and EMC from concept through production. This is a hands-on role for an engineer who can make sound system-level tradeoffs as requirements evolve, balancing electrical performance, mechanical constraints, cost, reliability, manufacturability, and schedule without over-optimizing any single component.

Requirements

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Robotics, Mechatronics, or a related field, plus relevant work experience
• Hands-on experience taking electrical hardware from concept through validation and production
• Hands-on experience with EMC/EMI design, debugging, and test on complex hardware
• Strong knowledge of grounding, shielding, filtering, signal integrity, and power integrity
• Proficiency in power electronics design — motor drives, motor drivers, switching power, high-current DC systems, and battery management
• Strong understanding of sensor integration, including IMUs, encoders, and hall sensors
• Experience with RF systems, antenna integration, coexistence, and impedance control
• Strong PCB design and layout skills with a system-level approach to EMC problems
• Familiarity with communication protocols and interfaces such as CAN, Ethernet, USB, SPI, I2C, and RS-485
• Comfortable debugging in the lab, modifying hardware, and building quick test fixtures
• Strong judgment and comfort making decisions with incomplete or changing requirements
• Able to communicate tradeoffs clearly and drive decisions across multiple disciplines

Responsibilities

• Define grounding, bonding, shielding, filtering, and cable strategies across the robot
• Identify EMC risks early and drive practical mitigations before they become late-stage issues
• Debug EMC and hardware issues using scopes, spectrum analyzers, probes, LISNs, network analyzers, and other lab equipment
• Collaborate with firmware engineers to design and validate motor driver circuits and power electronics systems
• Integrate and fuse sensor data — including IMUs, encoders, hall sensors, and temperature sensors — at the PCB level
• Develop, test, and validate power and sensor electronics systems in partnership with hardware and firmware teams
• Make system-level tradeoffs across performance, risk, cost, schedule, and manufacturability
• Partner across EE, ME, firmware, controls, systems, manufacturing, and external labs and consultants
• Document design processes and contribute to hardware best practices

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior