Bedrock Robotics
Hardware Engineer, Autonomy Platforms
San Francisco, CA · Hybrid · Full-time · Posted Oct 26, 2026
- Experience
- 6+ years of relevant industry experience preferred; experience leading hardware development programs from ideation through prototype, EVT, DVT, and production required.
- Education
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics, or related field.
About the job
Architects, builds, integrates, and validates hardware systems that enable autonomy on heavy machinery, coordinating with internal teams and external vendors.
What you'll do
- Define system- and component-level hardware architecture and bring components together into flexible, high-performance platforms.
- Lead vendor relationships and programs to deliver hardware components and systems.
- Design, characterize, integrate, and validate autonomy hardware; establish safety requirements and develop reusable test and data-analysis software.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics, or a related field.
- Hands-on experience designing and testing autonomy hardware, such as sensing, compute, HMI, connectivity, and machine-control interfaces.
- Strong foundation in hardware engineering, including electrical design, communication protocols, power electronics, hardware bring-up and testing, and rugged outdoor deployment.
- Experience leading hardware development programs from ideation through prototype, EVT, DVT, and production; proficiency in compiled, shell, or runtime languages for prototyping, debugging, testing, and analysis.
Nice to have
- 6+ years of relevant industry experience; heavy machinery hydraulic systems or high-performance embedded compute, particularly Nvidia Jetson.
- Experience with system requirements and V&V, construction hardware standards, rugged equipment interfaces, or listed communication protocols.
Tools
Python, C++, C, Rust, linux bash, x86, ARM, Nvidia Jetson
AI focus
Enables autonomy on machines through hardware systems; no AI algorithm development is specified.
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