Amazon
Member of Technical Staff - Robotics Electrical Engineer, Frontier AI & Robotics
$150K–$300K
San Francisco, CA · Staff · Full-time · Posted May 20, 2026
- Experience
- 6-10+ years; no alternatives stated.
- Education
- Bachelor’s or Master’s in Electrical Engineering or a related field.
About the job
Leads the design, integration, prototyping, and validation of electrical systems for advanced robotic platforms, including power, sensing, compute, communications, and battery infrastructure.
What you'll do
- Architect and integrate robotic electrical systems, including power electronics, distribution, actuation, batteries, wiring, and communications.
- Design PCBAs, cabling, sensor interfaces, and safety-critical circuits; oversee hardware bring-up and validation.
- Build prototypes and test rigs, and collaborate with mechanical, controls, and software engineers.
What they ask for
- Experience developing functional specifications, design verification plans, and functional test procedures.
- Bachelor’s or Master’s in Electrical Engineering or a related field.
- 6-10+ years of experience designing and integrating electrical systems in robotics, distributed systems, or complex electromechanical platforms.
- Proficiency in PCB design and experience with embedded controls, power electronics, wire harness design, and hands-on hardware testing and debugging.
Nice to have
- Experience with high-DOF robotic systems and high-speed protocols such as CAN or EtherCAT.
- Exposure to embedded programming and firmware bring-up; familiarity with mechanical CAD such as SolidWorks.
Pay
$150,000/year to $300,000/year (base salary)
Tools
Cadence OrCAD/Allegro, CAN, EtherCAT, USB, C, Python, VHDL, SolidWorks
AI focus
The team develops robotics foundation models and end-to-end learned systems, including multimodal perception and adaptive manipulation; this role focuses on electrical systems supporting robotic platforms.
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