Lead Prototype Engineer
HumanoidVisit Humanoid website
UK-based AI and robotics company building commercially scalable humanoid robots for industrial deployment.
Series ARecently funded
London, United Kingdom
Funding history
About Humanoid
Humanoid develops industrial humanoid robots and its proprietary KinetIQ AI framework for real-world tasks across manufacturing, logistics, and related environments.
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About the Role
You will lead and mentor prototype engineers and technicians while remaining hands-on with electrical integration and fault diagnosis. You will own prototype bring-up, establish test and repair processes, design harnesses and test jigs, plan lab resources, and improve reliability, test efficiency, and manufacturability.
Requirements
- Hands-on electrical engineering background in rapid prototyping and custom hardware debugging
- Knowledge of low-voltage power, mixed-signal circuits, motor drives, connectors, sensors, and electromechanical systems
- Experience using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, power supplies, and bench instrumentation
- Experience reading schematics and PCB layouts
- Experience with board-level rework, repair, harnesses, and cable assemblies
- Experience leading or mentoring engineers or technicians
- Ability to document procedures, test plans, diagnostics, and lessons learned
- Ability to collaborate across electrical, mechanical, firmware, and software engineering
Responsibilities
- Lead, mentor, and develop prototype engineers and technicians
- Set priorities, allocate work, and raise technical and process standards
- Troubleshoot and resolve complex electrical issues in prototype humanoid robots
- Lead failure analysis and share findings with hardware and software engineers
- Own electrical bring-up for prototype builds
- Collaborate on prototype design, assembly, and design-for-test
- Define and enforce test procedures, troubleshooting guides, and repair runbooks
- Design and document cable assemblies, wiring harnesses, and test jigs
- Plan lab schedules, resources, tooling, equipment, and spares
- Improve processes and products to reduce downtime and increase test, repair, and manufacturing efficiency
- Communicate status, risks, and lessons learned to engineering leadership
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Virtual care and employee assistance resources
- 23 days of PTO
- Separate sick leave
- Paid company holidays
- 401(k) plan with 4% employer match
- Stock options
- Free catered lunch, snacks, and drinks