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Electrical Engineer Robotic Hand/Gripper (Vancouver) Humanoid is the first AI and robotics company in the UK, creating the worlds most advanced, reliable, commercially scalable, and safe humanoid robots. Our first humanoid robot HMND01 is a nextgen labour automation unit, providing highly efficient services across various use cases, starting with industrial applications. We are looking for a Senior Electrical Design Engineer to join our team based in Vancouver, CA. About The Role We are seeking a passionate and highly skilled Electrical Engineer to join our team developing the next generation of robotic hand technologies. You will play a key role in designing, developing, and integrating the electrical systems that enable dexterous, precise, and reliable robotic hand operation. From highperformance sensor arrays and compact motor control to power management and embedded systems, your contributions will directly impact the performance and capabilities of our robotic hand solutions across industrial, medical, and service applications. What Youll Do Design and develop electrical systems that power and control robotic hands, including miniature BLDC, servo, and tendondriven actuators, along with haptic feedback mechanisms. Develop highfidelity sensor interfaces for tactile arrays, forcetorque sensors, encoders, and proximity sensors to enable fine manipulation and adaptive grasping. Apply strong circuit analysis fundamentals to review electrical designs, conduct failure analysis, and troubleshoot complex electronics, with an emphasis on highreliability in robotic manipulation systems. Create detailed schematics and PCB layouts using Altium, ensuring designs meet stringent performance, reliability, and manufacturability standards, including EMI/EMC compliance for sensitive robotic hand applications. Write embedded firmware in C and HDL to program STM32 microcontrollers, NXP SoCs, and Xilinx FPGAs, supporting realtime control loops, sensor data acquisition, and communication protocols. Implement communication protocols optimized for robotic hands, including EtherCAT, CANopen, SPI, and I2C, ensuring deterministic, lowlatency, and faulttolerant operation. Develop and manage power regulation and distribution systems tailored to the compact form factor of robotic hands, including switching power supplies, battery management systems (BMS), and shortcircuit protection. Perform hardwareintheloop (HIL) testing, system validation, and debugging using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, power analyzers, and spectrum analyzers. Collaborate with mechanical engineers and software developers to achieve seamless electricalmechanical integration, including sensor alignment, joint calibration, and thermal management. Ensure designs comply with relevant safety standards and certifications (e.g., IEC61508, ISO13849, UL/CE) for safetycritical robotic hand applications in industrial and healthcare environments. Were Looking For BS or MS in Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics, or a closely related field. Proven experience in precision actuator driver design, specifically for miniature BLDC motors, servo motors, or tendondriven actuators used in robotic hands or prosthetic devices. Proficiency in highspeed data communication protocols such as EtherCAT, CANopen, SPI, and I2C, optimized for realtime sensoractuator communication. Experience developing power regulation and distribution systems, including shortcircuit protection, switching regulators, and efficient power management systems for compact electromechanical devices. Strong experience with PCB design tools such as Altium, focusing on highdensity, multilayer PCB layouts and design for manufacturing (DFM). Embedded programming experience in C, HDL, Verilog, and VHDL for STM32, NXP, and Xilinx platforms. Working knowledge of circuit simulation, signal integrity analysis, and EMC/EMI mitigation strategies. Handson experience using Python, C++, MATLAB, or LabVIEW for automated testing, data analysis, and hardware validation. Experience integrating tactile sensors, forcetorque sensors, and position encoders for dexterous manipulation tasks. Familiarity with Linux kernel development, including device driver development and realtime patches, is a strong plus. Understanding of robotics safety standards and experience designing safetyrated control systems (e.g., IEC61508, ISO13849) is highly desirable. Knowledge of SolidWorks or similar mechanical CAD tools for collaboration on electricalmechanical interfaces. What Youll Work On Dexterous robotic hands with multifingered actuation, adaptive gripping, and tactile sensing, targeting industrial automation, medical prosthetics, and collaborative robotics applications. Precision control systems leveraging miniature BLDC/servo motors, tendonbased actuation, and haptic feedback loops to deliver humanlike dexterity and manipulation capabilities. Advanced sensor integration and realtime embedded systems enabling responsive, safe, and adaptive robotic hand performance in dynamic environments. What We Offer Competitive salary plus participation in our Stock Option Plan Paid vacation with adjustments based on your location to comply with local labor laws Travel opportunities to our London and Boston offices Office perks: free lunches Freedom to influence the product and own key initiatives Collaboration with toptier engineers, researchers, and product experts in AI and robotics Startup culture prioritising speed, transparency, and minimal bureaucracy. How to Apply Does this role sound like the perfect fit for you? Fill in the form and include links or files that showcase the best of what youve built and achieved. Seniority level: MidSenior level Employment type: Fulltime Job function: Engineering and Information Technology Referrals increase your chances of interviewing at Humanoid by 2x. #J-18808-Ljbffr