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Your previous experience in robotics isn't a prerequisite - it's your talent and determination that truly count.\nWe expect that many of our team members will bring diverse perspectives from various industries and fields. We are looking for individuals with a proven record of exceptional ability and a history of creating things that work.\nOur Culture\nWe like to be frank and honest about who we are, so that people can decide for themselves if this is a culture they resonate with. Please read more about our culture here https://foundation.bot/culture.\nWho should join:\nYou like working in person with a team in San Francisco.\nYou deeply believe that this is the most important mission for humanity and needs to happen yesterday.\nYou are highly technical - regardless of the role you are in. We are building technology; you need to understand technology well.\nYou care about aesthetics and design inside out. If it's not the best product ever, it bothers you, and you need to “fix” it.\nYou don't need someone to motivate you; you get things done.\n Why We Are Hiring\nWe are taking on one of the hardest unsolved problems in robotics: building hands that actually work like human hands. As a Senior Electrical Engineer on our Humanoid Hands Team you will design the motor driver circuits, embedded systems, and custom PCBs that bring true dexterous manipulation to life in the real world. Humanoid or robotic hand experience is not required, what matters is strong motor driver and embedded systems expertise and a passion for building hardware that has never existed before.\nWhat You Will Do:\nOwn end-to-end PCB design for robotic hand controllers including schematics, layout, and BOM selection.\nDesign and develop motor driver and motor controller circuits for BLDC, brushed, and stepper motors used in hand joints and tendon-driven systems.\nEvaluate and integrate motor driver ICs and power stages including gate drivers, H-bridges, and FOC controllers.\nDevelop custom force and tactile sensors with aggressive size and reliability requirements.\nDesign embedded systems and mixed-signal circuits (MCUs, FPGAs, sensors, power, communications).\nPerform board bring-up, validation, and debugging.\nGuide junior engineers and review schematic and layout work.\nInterface with firmware engineers to define board-level APIs and support hardware abstraction.\nDrive DFM, DFT, and EMC improvements as designs move to production.\nWhat We Are Looking For:\nStrong motor driver and embedded systems background is what matters most. 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