Electrical Engineer, PCBA Test Infrastructure, Robotics

The role

You will lead printed circuit board assembly (PCBA) test infrastructure for advanced robotic systems. You will design, develop, and deploy electrical test stations from architecture through validation and deployment at contract manufacturers.

What you will do

• Own PCBA test-station architecture including interfaces, power, and instrumentation
• Translate board requirements into test coverage and measurement methods
• Design and bring up fixture interface boards, switching circuits, and harnesses
• Integrate oscilloscopes, meters, power supplies, and data acquisition hardware
• Develop and debug programming and communications interfaces
• Design and validate current limiting, power sequencing, and ESD protection
• Partner with mechanical, firmware, and software teams
• Write, debug, and maintain test code for instrument control and automated sequences
• Establish station commissioning, calibration, and maintenance
• Own test-station deployment and acceptance at contract manufacturers

Required qualifications

• Ability to independently deliver significant electronics test-system projects
• Hands-on capability in circuit and fixture-interface design, schematic interpretation, and board bring-up
• Ability to independently debug PCBAs and test hardware using oscilloscopes, meters, and logic analyzers
• Ability to write, debug, and maintain code in Python or a comparable language
• Practical understanding of grounding, signal integrity, calibration, and ESD controls
• Ability to release hardware documentation and support deployment at contract manufacturers

Nice to have

• Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechatronics, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
• Prior PCBA functional-test or automated-test-equipment experience
• Experience with embedded programming and board interfaces such as JTAG/SWD, UART, SPI, I2C, CAN, or Ethernet
• Experience with PCB design tools, shared test-automation frameworks, production data systems, or robotics hardware

About the company

OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. The Robotics team focuses on unlocking general-purpose robotics and pushing towards AGI-level intelligence.