The role
- COMP
- $150K - $250K
- EQUITY
- Competitive equity
- LOCATION
- San Francisco · Texas
- WORKPLACE
- On-site
- EXPERIENCE
- 7+ years
- VISA
- None, Visa transfers
- STACK
- C/C++
- INDUSTRY
- Robotics, Hardware, Environment, AI, Construction, Manufacturing
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Robotics Engineer (Electrical / Mechatronics)
Well-funded energy startup delivering off-grid renewable power for AI data centers, with its own field robots
The company
Energy startup building off-grid, renewable-powered power plants for data centers, vertically integrating everything from power electronics to on-site construction robots.
- STAGE
- scale-up
- FUNDING
- $120M+ raised
- TEAM
- ~10 people
JD — the work
About the role
You would own all of the electrical work on a self-driving field robot that installs foundations at large solar farms. The team is small and high-agency, building hardware from scratch and carrying it from first concept to field deployment and, later, fleet production, with a large utility-scale project already under construction. Expect founding-team ownership and real field time at a Texas pilot site, meter in hand, in heat and dust.
What you'll do
- Own the robot's whole electrical design, from power distribution and motor drives to sensors, wiring, safety circuits, and firmware
- Select and integrate actuators, sensors, motors, and drives, acting as the link between the mechanical and electrical sides
- Write real-time control code and embedded firmware, including CAN bus, microcontroller or PLC loops, telemetry, and fault handling
- Troubleshoot and find root causes on site in Texas, hardening designs against heat, dust, EMI, and vibration
- Guide the move from one prototype toward a small fleet through harness manufacturability, documentation, suppliers, and production readiness
What they're looking for
- 7+ years of electrical, mechatronics, or robotics hardware engineering
- Experience owning a machine's full electrical system, including power, motor control, and safety
- Real-time control and embedded firmware experience in C or C++
- Comfort working hands-on in harsh field conditions without supervision
- A history of taking hardware from concept to deployment