Senior Manager of Electrical Engineering, Compute & Sensing

Apptronik • Austin, TX

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About The Position

Apptronik is seeking a Senior Manager of Electrical Engineering to lead the team developing the high-performance compute and sensing stack for its next-generation humanoid robots. The role combines hands-on technical leadership in modern systems-on-modules (SoMs) and high-bandwidth data acquisition with responsibility for building, mentoring, and growing a specialized engineering team.

The Senior Manager will oversee custom high-speed carrier-board design and integration of diverse sensor modalities, while helping define the hardware roadmap for the compute architecture. The position requires attention to the power and space constraints of humanoid robots, robust operation in electrically harsh environments, and low-latency sensor data for the autonomy stack. This is a direct-hire position.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering or Electrical Engineering.
• 10 or more years of electrical engineering experience focused on high-speed digital design.
• At least 3 years in a formal people-management or leadership role.
• Track record of shipping products based on the NVIDIA Jetson platform or a similar SoM, including custom carrier-board design and bring-up.
• Expert-level understanding of high-speed PCB design, including 12 or more layers, signal-integrity simulation, and power-integrity analysis.
• Deep knowledge of electrical interfaces for perception sensors, including GMSL2, FPD-Link III, Ethernet, and CAN-FD.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in robotics, autonomous vehicles, or high-performance edge computing.

Responsibilities

• Recruit, hire, and retain electrical engineers specializing in high-speed digital design, signal integrity, and embedded systems.
• Provide technical guidance in design reviews and ensure best practices for PCB layout, thermal management, and EMI/EMC compliance.
• Collaborate with Software and Perception leads to define the hardware roadmap for the next-generation compute architecture.
• Lead development of custom, ruggedized carrier boards for high-performance SoMs, specifically NVIDIA platforms, optimized for humanoid-robot power and space constraints.
• Oversee implementation and validation of high-speed data protocols.
• Define the compute-cluster power architecture to provide stable delivery under high-transient loads and harsh electrical environments.
• Direct electrical integration of diverse sensor modalities.
• Optimize sensor electrical interfaces and synchronization to provide low-latency data for the autonomy stack.
• Ensure robust data transmission across complex robot harnesses while mitigating noise and interference in a high-power actuator environment.

What This Job Offers

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