Staff Electrical Engineer - Compute (Robotics)

Location: Austin, TX, United States

Company

hirify.global develops AI-powered humanoid robots, including Apollo, for manufacturing, logistics, healthcare, home, and other applications.

What you will do

• Lead the architecture and implementation of next-generation compute solutions for a humanoid robot platform.
• Define and validate compute requirements for motion control, perception, and AI workloads.
• Design scalable hardware for high-bandwidth sensor data, real-time performance, and functional safety.
• Design, simulate, implement, and test multi-layer high-speed PCBs integrating System-on-Modules such as NVIDIA Orin.
• Lead signal integrity, power integrity, benchmarking, power analysis, thermal optimization, and component qualification.
• Own compute hardware from concept and prototyping through validation, production release, and ongoing support while mentoring electrical engineers.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in embedded systems or robotics compute design.
• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field; a master’s degree or Ph.D. is preferred.
• Experience architecting and shipping high-performance compute solutions for robotics, autonomous systems, or similar applications.
• Deep knowledge of functional safety principles, safety-critical design, and standards such as IEC 61508.
• Expertise with embedded compute platforms including NVIDIA Jetson, Intel, and other high-performance systems.
• Strong knowledge of RTOS, multi-core processing, Ethernet, CAN, sensor bandwidth management, and high-speed data transfer.

Nice to have

• Experience with humanoid robotics.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative work across software, electrical, and systems engineering teams.
• Opportunity to contribute to the commercialization and mass production of a humanoid robot.
• Direct-hire position with hirify.global; outside agency solicitations are not accepted.