Apptronik

Apptronik

Principal Electrical Engineer - Compute and Sensing

Austin, TX · Principal

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About the role

  • ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES or KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES
  • Define the electrical architecture for a full perception stack, including LiDAR, depth cameras, IMUs, and tactile sensors.
  • Multi-Modal Sensing: Define the electrical architecture for a full perception stack, including LiDAR, depth cameras, IMUs, and tactile sensors.

Responsibilities

  • Primary Architect: Own the end-to-end design of Apollo's safe compute architecture. Select core processing elements (SoCs, FPGAs, MCUs) and design system-level redundancy to meet real-time performance requirements.
  • High-Performance PCB Design: Lead the design and validation of custom carrier boards for high-performance modules (e.g., NVIDIA Jetson).
  • Expertly manage power delivery networks (PDN), thermal dissipation strategies, and high-speed signal integrity for complex interfaces.
  • Drive Design for Manufacturability (DFM) and Design for Reliability (DFR) for compute modules, ensuring they can withstand the high-vibration and dynamic thermal environments of a mobile humanoid robot.
  • Manufacturing & Reliability: Drive Design for Manufacturability (DFM) and Design for Reliability (DFR) for compute modules, ensuring they can withstand the high-vibration and dynamic thermal environments of a mobile humanoid robot.
  • Cross-Functional Influence: Act as the ultimate technical authority on compute/sensing during design reviews with the Controls, Perception, and Systems Engineering teams.
  • Mastery of high-speed digital design (PCIe, DDR4/5, GMSL, 10GbE).
  • Own the end-to-end design of Apollo's safe compute architecture.
  • Select core processing elements (SoCs, FPGAs, MCUs) and design system-level redundancy to meet real-time performance requirements.
  • High-Performance PCB Design:

Requirements

  • Proven track record of designing custom carrier boards for NVIDIA Jetson or similar high-end compute modules.
  • Experience integrating multi-sensor suites with precise hardware-level time synchronization.
  • Hands-on experience with Functional Safety architecture (ISO 26262 or equivalent).
  • Must be able to lift 15 pounds at times
  • 12+ years of experience in high-performance hardware design, with a focus on robotics, autonomous vehicles, or aerospace.
  • This is a top-tier technical role for an expert who can design and implement the high-performance compute and sensory backbone required for general-purpose robotics.
  • Tools: Proficiency with Altium Designer (or similar) and hardware simulation tools (SPICE, Ansys, or HyperLynx).

Benefits

  • Our flagship humanoid robot, Apollo, is built to collaborate thoughtfully with people, starting with critical industries such as manufacturing and logistics, with future applications in healthcare, the home, and beyond.
  • Diagnostics: Implement robust hardware diagnostics to monitor the health of the compute and sensing backbone in real-time.
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