Apptronik
Staff Electrical Engineer - Compute
Austin, TX +1 · Staff · Full-time · Posted Jul 8, 2026
- Location
- Austin, TX
Sunnyvale, California, United States - Experience
- 10+ years in embedded systems or robotics compute design.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field; Master’s or Ph.D. preferred.
About the job
Leads the architecture, design, validation, and production release of high-performance, safety-critical compute hardware for Apptronik’s humanoid robot platform.
What you'll do
- Architect and integrate the robot’s compute solution, selecting components and meeting real-time, sensor-bandwidth, and functional-safety requirements.
- Design and validate high-speed PCBs and compute hardware, including signal and power integrity, performance, thermal management, and regulatory testing.
- Lead hardware lifecycle and cross-functional engineering efforts, while mentoring engineers.
What they ask for
- Experience architecting and shipping high-performance compute solutions for robotics, autonomous systems, or similar applications.
- Deep understanding of functional safety principles and standards, with safety-critical design experience.
- Expertise with compute platforms such as NVIDIA Jetson, Intel, or other high-performance embedded systems; knowledge of RTOS, multi-core processing, and communication protocols such as Ethernet and CAN.
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
Nice to have
- Master’s or Ph.D.
- Experience with humanoid robotics.
Tools
NVIDIA Orin, NVIDIA Jetson, Intel, RTOS, Ethernet, CAN, NVMe, eMMC
AI focus
Defines compute requirements for robotics AI tasks, including perception; the role designs and validates the hardware compute solution.
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