Apptronik
Staff Perception Hardware Engineer
Austin, TX · Staff+
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About the role
- Apptronik is seeking a Staff Perception Hardware Engineer to serve as the execution leader for Apollo's perception hardware systems.
- While others may draw the block diagrams, you are the engineer responsible for making sure the physical hardware actually works, scales, and ships.
- At the Staff level, you will tackle the most complex, multi-disciplinary bottlenecks in the perception stack.
Responsibilities
- Drive the transition from prototype designs to fully validated, production-ready camera assemblies, ensuring all FOV, thermal, and mechanical stability targets are met on the physical hardware.
- Drive external optical vendors and contract manufacturers (CMs) through the build process, ensuring strict adherence to Apptronik's standards.
- Synchronization Execution: Implement and rigorously measure the hardware-level synchronization across cameras, LiDAR, and IMUs.
- Calibration & Fixture Deployment: Design, build, and deploy the physical calibration fixtures and algorithms used to align the optical system.
- Cross-Functional Adjudication (DfX): Act as the technical adjudicator in the lab between Industrial Design (ID), Mechanical, and Thermal teams.
- Drive physical testing and prototyping to resolve conflicts between Apollo's iconic A-surface aesthetics, sensor FOV constraints, and thermal dissipation needs.
- Vendor Management: Proven experience working directly with optical vendors, CMOS manufacturers, and CMs to define, build, and test custom camera or sensor modules.
- Apptronik is a human-centered robotics company developing AI-powered robots to support humanity in every facet of life.
Requirements
- A proven track record of taking complex perception hardware-including custom-defined sensor modules-from the breadboard phase all the way through DVT and into mass production.
- Expert-level proficiency with high-end lab equipment (high-bandwidth oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, TDRs).
- You have a "sixth sense" for tracking down ground loops, EMI noise, and intermittent signal integrity issues.
- Must be able to lift 15 pounds at times
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.
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