Skild AI

General-purpose robotic AI brain via API

Senior Electrical Engineer

Board & Electronics Design +1Confirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-timeSan Mateo, CA, USA$180k - $240kIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

Hands-on experience taking electrical hardware from concept through validation and production.
Hands-on experience with electromagnetic compatibility and electromagnetic interference design, debugging, and testing on complex hardware.
Strong knowledge of grounding, shielding, filtering, signal integrity, and power integrity.
Proficiency in power electronics design, motor drives, switching power, high-current direct-current systems, battery management, and analog circuit design.
Strong understanding of sensor integration, including inertial measurement units, encoders, Hall sensors, and cameras.
Experience with radio-frequency systems, antenna integration, coexistence, and impedance control.
Strong printed circuit board design and layout skills with a system-level approach to electromagnetic compatibility problems.
Familiarity with communication protocols and interfaces such as GMSL, CAN, Ethernet, USB, SPI, I2C, and RS-485.
Comfortable debugging in the lab, modifying hardware, and building quick test fixtures.
Strong judgment and comfort making decisions with incomplete or changing requirements.
Able to communicate tradeoffs clearly and drive decisions across multiple disciplines.

Responsibilities

Develop, test, and validate power and sensor electronics systems.
Design and validate motor driver circuits and power electronics systems.
Integrate and fuse sensor data, including inertial measurement units, encoders, Hall sensors, and temperature sensors at the printed circuit board level.
Define grounding, bonding, shielding, filtering, and cable strategies across the robot.
Identify electromagnetic compatibility risks early and drive practical mitigations before they become late-stage issues.
Debug electromagnetic compatibility and hardware issues using oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, probes, line impedance stabilization networks, network analyzers, and other lab equipment.
Make system-level tradeoffs across performance, risk, cost, schedule, and manufacturability.
Partner across electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, firmware, controls, systems, manufacturing, and external labs and consultants.
Document design processes and contribute to hardware best practices.

Company Overview

At Skild AI, we are building the world's first general purpose robotic intelligence that is robust and adapts to unseen scenarios without failing. We believe massive scale through data-driven machine learning is the key to unlocking these capabilities for the widespread deployment of robots within society. Our team consists of individuals with varying levels of experience and backgrounds, from new graduates to domain experts. Relevant industry experience is important, but ultimately less so than your demonstrated abilities and attitude. We are looking for passionate individuals who are eager to explore uncharted waters and contribute to our innovative projects.

Position Overview

We are seeking an experienced Electrical Engineer to own electrical system integration across our robotics platforms. You will be a key player in electronics design for robot platforms and bridge the gap between software/firmware and kinematic motion and control. Additionally, you will be the internal expert for grounding, shielding, filtering, signal integrity, wireless integration, and EMC from concept through production. This is a hands-on role for an engineer who can make sound system-level tradeoffs as requirements evolve, balancing electrical performance, mechanical constraints, cost, reliability, manufacturability, and schedule without over-optimizing any single component.

Responsibilities

Develop, test, and validate power and sensor electronics systems
Design and validate motor driver circuits and power electronics systems
Integrate and fuse sensor data, including IMUs, encoders, hall sensors, and temperature sensors at the PCB level
Define grounding, bonding, shielding, filtering, and cable strategies across the robot
Identify EMC risks early and drive practical mitigations before they become late-stage issues
Debug EMC and hardware issues using scopes, spectrum analyzers, probes, LISNs, network analyzers, and other lab equipment
Make system-level tradeoffs across performance, risk, cost, schedule, and manufacturability
Partner across EE, ME, firmware, controls, systems, manufacturing, and external labs and consultants
Document design processes and contribute to hardware best practices

Preferred Qualifications

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Robotics, Mechatronics, or a related field, plus relevant work experience
Hands-on experience taking electrical hardware from concept through validation and production
Hands-on experience with EMC/EMI design, debugging, and test on complex hardware
Strong knowledge of grounding, shielding, filtering, signal integrity, and power integrity
Proficiency in power electronics design, motor drives, switching power, high-current DC systems, battery management, and analog circuit design
Strong understanding of sensor integration, including IMUs, encoders, hall sensors, and cameras
Experience with RF systems, antenna integration, coexistence, and impedance control
Strong PCB design and layout skills with a system-level approach to EMC problems
Familiarity with communication protocols and interfaces such as GMSL, CAN, Ethernet, USB, SPI, I2C, and RS-485
Comfortable debugging in the lab, modifying hardware, and building quick test fixtures
Strong judgment and comfort making decisions with incomplete or changing requirements
Able to communicate tradeoffs clearly and drive decisions across multiple disciplines

Base Salary Range

$180,000—$240,000 USD

Base Salary Range 180000 - 240000 USD

About the Company

Skild AI

General-purpose robotic AI brain via API

Skild AI creates a general-purpose artificial intelligence brain for robots. It provides a prefabricated AI model that can be integrated into various general-purpose robots, delivered via an API, to enable high-level decision-making without building custom software from scratch. The product works as a ready-made AI brain embedded in a robotic platform (starting with a mobile manipulator) and exposed through an API so developers and manufacturers can add human-like planning and control capabilities to their robots. This solution differentiates itself by offering a reusable, domain-agnostic AI core for multiple robotics systems rather than bespoke software for each robot, helping to lower development costs and accelerate deployment. Skild AI’s goal is to make robotics development more accessible by supplying the AI brain as a core component to robotics manufacturers and developers who want to build advanced robotic applications quickly and at scale.

Company size: 51-200
Company stage: Series C
Total funding: $1.8B
Headquarters: Pittsburgh, PA
Founded: 2023

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