Electrical Engineer, Robotics

The role

You will own the design, integration, and bring-up of electronic systems for the Asimov humanoid robot platform. This includes working on power distribution, motor control, and sensor integration across schematics, PCB layouts, and harness design.

What you will do

• Design and review schematics and PCB layouts for power distribution units, motor driver boards, and actuator control electronics
• Integrate wiring harnesses, PCBA enclosures, and motor controllers into mechanical assemblies
• Lead bring-up of power systems, sensors, and actuator subassemblies
• Diagnose and resolve issues across multiple hardware revisions
• Define and run electrical and system-level test protocols
• Analyze failure modes and iterate based on test data
• Work with firmware and controls teams to support stable, low-latency control loops
• Apply expertise in connector selection, grounding strategies, harness routing, and EMI suppression
• Contribute to open-source design efforts including PCB schematics and manufacturing documentation

Required qualifications

• 3 or more years of hands-on electrical engineering experience on high-complexity electromechanical products
• Solid understanding of electrical and electronic systems, including motor drivers, sensors, and embedded hardware integration
• Deep familiarity with low-voltage (under 60V) DC power systems, DC-DC converters, MOSFET gate drivers, current-sense amplifiers, and passive network design
• Proficiency using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and CAN/UART sniffers for in-depth hardware debug
• Expertise in connector selection, grounding strategies, harness routing, and EMI suppression techniques
• Strong communication skills

Nice to have

• Experience with bipedal or humanoid robot hardware or legged locomotion platforms
• Familiarity with CAN bus, motor controllers, and how electrical design choices affect firmware and control integration
• Scripting experience in Python for hardware automation and data analysis
• Familiarity with sim-to-real workflows and how hardware decisions affect locomotion policy training and transfer

About the company

Menlo Research is an Applied R&D lab building Asimov, an open-source humanoid robot platform. Their mission is to make humanoid labor economically viable by building hardware architecture, locomotion, autonomy, simulation, and infrastructure.