Senior Electrical Engineer Autonomous Robotics
Denver-based company providing full-stack warehouse and factory automation: robots, stations, and PrimeOS orchestration software.
About Prime Robotics
Prime Robotics designs, manufactures, deploys, and supports warehouse and factory automation systems, including autonomous mobile robots, robotic stations, and PrimeOS software that orchestrates robots, workflows, and third-party equipment.
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About the Role
You will lead electrical architecture and reliability work for autonomous mobile robots. You will design power systems, establish engineering standards, guide an international electrical team, investigate field failures, improve PCB and controller designs, and debug industrial communications between robotic components.
Requirements
- 10+ years designing complex embedded electrical systems
- Expertise in power distribution, DC/DC systems, grounding, EMI/EMC, and electrical reliability
- Ability to diagnose field failures using oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, and power analyzers
- PCB design or review experience with multi-layer boards, high-current layout, and power integrity
- Experience with mobile robots, AGVs/AMRs, or industrial automation equipment
- Familiarity with Ethernet, CAN bus, and RS485 industrial protocols
- Experience leading or coordinating international engineering teams
- Ability to communicate technical analysis to field service teams
Responsibilities
- Lead design of 48V/24V power systems, power distribution, DC/DC conversion, grounding, and fault protection
- Define power budgets, electrical-safety strategies, and protection schemes
- Lead and mentor the China-based electrical engineering team
- Establish standards for grounding, EMC, power integrity, and connector and harness reliability
- Coordinate engineering and manufacturing partners across the US and China
- Lead root-cause analysis of deployed-robot electrical failures
- Create repair procedures, diagnostic tools, and test procedures for field service
- Review and improve PCB designs
- Lead development of the next-generation robot controller
- Design and debug Ethernet, CAN bus, and RS485 communication systems
Benefits
- Employer-subsidized medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Vacation and sick leave