Skild AI
Senior Electrical Engineer
$180K–$240K
San Mateo +1 · Senior · Full-time · Posted Sep 9, 2026
- Location
- San Mateo
San Mateo, California, United States - Experience
- Relevant work experience; no number of years stated.
- Education
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Robotics, Mechatronics, or a related field, plus relevant work experience.
About the job
Owns electrical system integration and electronics design for robotics platforms, from concept through validation and production.
What you'll do
- Develop, test, and validate power and sensor electronics, including motor-driver and power-electronics systems.
- Define grounding, shielding, filtering, and cable strategies; identify and mitigate EMC risks and debug hardware issues in the lab.
- Make system-level tradeoffs and collaborate across engineering, manufacturing, and external partners.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Robotics, Mechatronics, or a related field, plus relevant work experience.
- Hands-on experience taking electrical hardware from concept through validation and production.
- Hands-on experience with EMC/EMI design, debugging, and testing on complex hardware.
- Strong knowledge of grounding, shielding, filtering, signal integrity, and power integrity.
Nice to have
- Experience with RF systems, antenna integration, coexistence, and impedance control.
- Familiarity with communication protocols and interfaces such as GMSL, CAN, Ethernet, USB, SPI, I2C, and RS-485.
Pay
$180,000 — $240,000 USD base salary
Tools
IMUs, encoders, hall sensors, GMSL, CAN, Ethernet, USB, SPI
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