Senior Electrical Engineer, Research Hardware (Robotics)

Location: Watertown, MA; on-site

Company

hirify.global develops semi-humanoid and industrial robots that perform physical work, collect real-world data, and improve through fleet-wide robotic AI learning.

What you will do

• Define electrical requirements, architectures, interfaces, 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, including bring-up firmware when needed.
• Diagnose intermittent noise, power, and communication failures through bench measurements and repeatable testing.

Requirements

• Ownership of a complex electrical subsystem, including personally designing a PCB and taking it through fabrication, bring-up, and integration.
• Strong analog and digital fundamentals, power electronics, and signal integrity knowledge.
• Confidence using oscilloscopes, multimeters, bench supplies, and other measurement tools.
• Experience connecting sensors or actuators to microcontrollers, embedded compute, or control software.
• Experience with cabling and communication interfaces such as USB, CAN, Ethernet, and EtherCAT.

Nice to have

• Experience with robotics, motor control, force or tactile sensing, or synchronized sensor acquisition.
• Embedded C or C++, Python test tooling, and board-level interfaces such as SPI, I2C, or UART.
• EMI troubleshooting, harness design, and design for manufacturing experience.

Culture & Benefits

• Work on robots deployed in real production environments to make physical work safer and more affordable.
• Ownership-driven, collaborative team focused on learning quickly and solving difficult problems.
• Fully employer-covered health insurance and a managed 401(k).
• Unlimited PTO and federal holidays off for full-time salaried employees; hourly employees receive 16+ days of accrued paid time off and 1.5x pay on federal holidays.
• Regular in-office meals and team social events.