Electrical Engineer (Robotics)

Location: Watertown, Massachusetts, United States; Workplace: On-site

Company

hirify.global's R&D organization develops and integrates robotic systems.

What you will do

• Define electrical requirements, subsystem architecture, interface contracts, and validation plans for robot subsystems.
• Design schematics and PCB layouts, select components, and manage prototyping, fabrication, assembly, and revisions.
• Develop power distribution, grounding, protection, connectors, and harnesses for motors, sensors, and embedded compute.
• Integrate sensors, actuators, and motor controllers with embedded interfaces and bring-up firmware as needed.
• Use bench measurements and repeatable tests to diagnose noise, power, communication, and other intermittent failures.
• Deliver design files, bills of materials, harness documentation, firmware interfaces, acceptance tests, and post-handoff reliability improvements.

Requirements

• Independently own a complex electrical subsystem, including designing a PCB through fabrication, bring-up, and integration.
• Strong practical knowledge of analog and digital electronics, power electronics, and signal integrity.
• Experience using oscilloscopes, multimeters, bench supplies, and other measurement tools to test hypotheses and diagnose failures.
• Experience connecting sensors or actuators to microcontrollers, embedded compute, or control software.
• Ability to reason about grounding, noise, protection, thermal limits, failure modes, and assembled-system behavior.
• Ability to communicate tradeoffs, resolve cross-disciplinary interfaces, and document designs and measurements.

Nice to have

• Experience with robotics, motor control, force or tactile sensing, or synchronized sensor acquisition.
• Embedded C or C++, Python test tooling, and CAN, SPI, I2C, UART, or Ethernet interfaces.
• EMI troubleshooting, harness design, design for manufacturing, and repeated hardware builds.

Culture & Benefits

• R&D roles use the standard external title while internal technical staff levels are determined through the interview process.
• Work evolves quarterly, with flexibility to shift focus based on team needs.
• Success includes delivering verified electrical subsystems with measurable acceptance criteria.
• Clear documentation, diagnostics, and feedback-driven fixes are expected to make future builds and maintenance predictable.

Hiring process

• Technical level is determined through the interview process.