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Gradient builds the autonomous robots that make it possible.\nPartnered with the world's largest AI infrastructure companies and backed by the industry's best investors, we move fast and build full-stack systems that matter.\nAbout the role\nWe’re looking for a Senior Power Electronics Engineer to own the electrical and power architecture of Gradient’s robots: how they’re powered, how they sense, and how they’re controlled. This is an end-to-end ownership role with power electronics at its core. You’ll define our power architecture from input power down to the motor drives and sensors, run the trade studies that set our design direction, and take boards from schematic through bring-up to production. You’ll partner closely with mechanical and software teams, and the standards you set will shape every machine we ship. 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