Apptronik
Principal Electrical Engineer - Compute and Sensing
Sunnyvale, CA · 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).
Compensation
- The annual salary range is $295,000 - $330,000 base
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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