Senior Manager of Electrical Engineering, Compute & Sensing

Apptronik
Austin
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: Hardware, Embedded & Systems EngineeringExperience: 10+ yearsEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Leadership","Mentorship","Design review leadership","Technical guidance","Cross-functional collaboration"]

Lead the electrical engineering team responsible for the “nervous system” and “brain” of next-generation humanoid robots. Build and mentor engineers defining a high-performance compute and sensing stack, bridging silicon to sensing. Oversee custom NVIDIA-based ruggedized carrier board design, high-speed data protocols, power architecture, and electrical integration of diverse sensors to deliver low-latency autonomy data in harsh robotic environments.

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Apptronik
Apptronik
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Senior Manager of Electrical Engineering, Compute & Sensing

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Job Summary

Lead the electrical engineering team responsible for the “nervous system” and “brain” of next-generation humanoid robots. Build and mentor engineers defining a high-performance compute and sensing stack, bridging silicon to sensing. Oversee custom NVIDIA-based ruggedized carrier board design, high-speed data protocols, power architecture, and electrical integration of diverse sensors to deliver low-latency autonomy data in harsh robotic environments.
Location: Austin
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Hardware, Embedded & Systems Engineering
Seniority: Sr. Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Recruit, hire, and retain electrical engineers specializing in high-speed digital design, signal integrity, and embedded systems.
  • •Provide deep technical guidance during design reviews across PCB layout, thermal management, and EMI/EMC compliance.
  • •Collaborate with Software and Perception leads to define the hardware roadmap for next-generation compute architecture.
  • •Lead custom ruggedized carrier board development for high-performance SoMs (specifically NVIDIA) and oversee implementation/validation of high-speed data protocols.
  • •Direct electrical integration of diverse sensor modalities, including electrical interface optimization, synchronization, and robust low-noise data transmission across robot harnesses.

Key Requirements

  • •10+ years in Electrical Engineering focused on high-speed digital design, including 3+ years in a people-management or leadership role.
  • •Proven experience shipping products based on the NVIDIA Jetson platform (or similar SoM), including custom carrier board design and bring-up.
  • •Expert understanding of high-speed PCB design (12+ layers), signal integrity simulation, and power integrity analysis.
  • •Deep knowledge of electrical interfaces for perception sensors, including GMSL2, FPD-Link III, Ethernet, and CAN-FD.
  • •B.S. in Computer Engineering or Electrical Engineering.
Experience:10+ yearsRoboticsAutonomous vehiclesHigh-performance edge computing
Education:Bachelor's in Computer Engineering or Electrical Engineering
Skills:LeadershipMentorshipDesign review leadershipTechnical guidanceCross-functional collaboration
Languages:English
Tech Stack:NVIDIA JetsonSoMGMSL2FPD-Link IIIEthernetCAN-FDPCBSignal integrityPower integrityEMI/EMC

Company Brief

Apptronik
Develops advanced general-purpose robots and robotic limbs for industrial and commercial applications, combining hardware, actuators, and control software to enable versatile, human-scale robot solutions.
Industry: Robotics
Company Size: Medium (51 to 250 employees)
Growth: Growth Stage Startup
Funding: Series A
Headquarters: Austin, United States
Founded: 2018
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