Electrical Engineer

The role

You will own electrical hardware design from concept to working system. You will partner with mechanical and software teams to research, design, and debug electronics and control interfaces for robots.

What you will do

• Own electrical hardware design end-to-end
• Partner with mechanical engineers on instrumentation and actuation solutions
• Build electronics systems using custom PCBs or off-the-shelf industrial components
• Debug systems and write firmware for software team control interfaces
• Research and develop solutions to electrical instrumentation and controls problems
• Maintain up-to-date documentation
• Ensure compatibility across mechanical and software teams
• Design and debug industrial automation electronics and PCBs

Required qualifications

• Background in electrical engineering
• PCB design experience
• 1-4 years of electrical design experience
• Exceptional new grads with strong project or internship experience are welcome to apply
• An obsession with quality
• Prior design work you're proud of
• Initiative and self-direction
• Creative problem-solving and the ability to debug thorny issues that span multiple systems
• A strong electrical generalist

Nice to have

• Experience at a hardware, robotics, or industrial automation company
• Firmware development experience (embedded C/C++ or Rust, motor control, communication protocols)
• Comfort using AI tools to multiply your own output

About the company

Gradient builds the autonomous robots that make datacenter buildout possible. They are partnered with the world's largest AI infrastructure companies.