Apptronik is a human-centered robotics company developing AI-powered robots to support humanity in every facet of life. Our flagship humanoid robot, Apollo, is built to collaborate thoughtfully with people, starting with critical industries such as manufacturing and logistics, with future applications in healthcare, the home, and beyond.
We operate at the cutting edge of embodied AI, applying our expertise across the full robotics stack to solve some of society's most important problems. You will join a team dedicated to bringing Apollo to market at scale, tackling the complex challenges like safety, commercialization, and mass production to change the world for the better.
We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Engineering Manager to lead Hardware Integration at Apptronik. You will be at the forefront of bringing our humanoid robot platform to life, ensuring every physical subsystem—from high-performance actuators to complex sensor suites—is meticulously integrated into a cohesive, functional system. This is a critical leadership role for an engineer who excels at bridging the gap between individual component design and a fully realized, top-level robotic platform.
Responsibilities- Team Leadership: Lead and mentor a specialized team of engineers and technicians focused on the physical integration and assembly of complex humanoid robotic systems.
- Hardware Bring-Up: Direct prototype hardware integration, guiding the team through physical assembly, initial power-on, and the transition of new hardware designs from the bench to the platform.
- Wiring & Interconnect Architecture: Own all aspects of Wiring and Harness Design and Integration, ensuring robust, manufacturable, and reliable power and data distribution across the entire platform.
- Kinematic & Dynamic Calibration: Develop and release calibration schemes to ensure the robot's physical assembly is precisely aligned with its digital and control models.
- Design for Integration (DfI): Collaborate with mechanical and electrical design teams to ensure sub-assemblies are optimized for modularity, ease of integration, and long-term reliability.
- Lead HIL (Hardware-in-the-Loop) Testbed Development: Design and build hardware in the loop testbed to enable rapid iteration cycle and facilitate integration and bring up tasks, as well as future testing activities.
- Configuration Management: Serve as the primary owner for hardware configuration, including revision control and the creation/maintenance of accurate Top-Level System Bills of Materials (BoM) for the robot and auxiliary equipment.
- Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering.
- Experience: 6+ years of hands-on hardware engineering experience, specifically focused on complex robotics systems
- Leadership: 2+ years in a direct management or technical lead role, with a proven track record of mentoring multi-disciplinary teams.
- Harness Expertise: Deep, hands-on expertise in the design, routing, and manufacturing of high-density wiring and cable harnesses.
- Configuration Mastery: Direct experience managing complex BoMs and hardware versioning within a fast-paced R&D or production environment.
- Systems Thinking: Strong ability to troubleshoot interface issues between mechanical, electrical, and firmware layers during the integration phase.
- Communication: Exceptional leadership and problem-solving skills, with the ability to coordinate across diverse engineering departments.
*This is a direct hire. Please, no outside Agency solicitations.
Apptronik provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
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