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Electrical Engineer
Dextrous Robotics
Posted on 10/20/2022
Location
Memphis, TN
Description
Dextrous electrical engineers continue development of new robotic platforms. Help us build cutting-edge robots and positively impact humankind.
Major Duties & Responsibilities
Who we’re looking for:
- You are capable of designing electrical systems, predominantly for robotics and mechatronics projects.
- You have a deep knowledge of the physics of power electronic systems and electronic communication systems.
- You are capable of designing, building, and maintaining complex electrical systems (e.g., electric vehicle or robot), and can select and purchase the components that comprise these systems.
- You can prototype software to communicate with electronics using C or C++.
- You are experienced at debugging serial and real time protocol communication systems (e.g., EtherCAT, Ethernet, CAN, I2C, BISS).
- You can deliver reliable, manufacturable, and cost effective designs and products.
- You can methodically document requirements, designs, assembly, and test procedures and results.
- You are driven and motivated by high-impact engineering applications that will revolutionize society.
- You want to work for a company that is driven to rapidly field real robots.
Minimum Skills & Abilities
Personal Attributes:
- You are able to balance timely project completion with quality work.
- You are motivated by good engineering design, effective implementation, and pushing the envelope of what is possible.
- You are passionate about deploying a large fleet of robots that will operate around people in the real world.
- You have a passion for design and manufacturing.
- You are a strong team player with excellent communication skills and a high degree of ownership and drive.
The following additional experience might also be beneficial to this role:
- You are capable of designing and fabricating power electronic circuits.
- PCB design, fabrication, testing, and debugging.
- PLC programming and debugging.
- Experience working with electrical systems in college competitions involving solar/electric cars or aircraft
- Experience with EtherCAT and Ethernet network interfaces and tools.
- Debugging serial communication data with an oscilloscope.
- Deep understanding of the dynamics of high voltage AC and DC power systems.
- Experience with high voltage (> 300V) designs.
- PE Certification.
- Experience in optics and photonics for camera and sensor design.
- Experience in the design and deployment of sensor hardware and electronics (e.g., strain gauge, accelerometer, magnetometer, gyroscope, transducers, and digital encoders).
Minimum Education & Experience
Job Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
- Experience making conceptual and final designs using CAD tools.
- Proficiency in designing, building, and testing hardware and firmware systems.
- Experience designing robotic electronic systems including actuators and sensors.
- Can evaluate, design and conduct research for electromechanical systems and products by applying principles of power electronics, digital signal processing, computer engineering, and electromagnetics.
- Proven communication and presentation skills with technical and non-technical audiences.
