# Manager, Electrical Engineering at Mind Robotics

- Company: Mind Robotics
- What the company does: Mind Robotics builds intelligent, broadly capable robots for industrial deployment in high-impact environments. Backed by Accel, Kleiner Perkins and a16z.
- Company website: https://www.mindrobotics.com/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Senior
- Location: Palo Alto
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-07-24
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/mindrobotics/71c161f9-c75c-4eff-ad79-37b6d67479b8
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/mind-robotics-manager-electrical-engineering/

## About the role

We are looking for our Electrical Engineering Lead to own the end-to-end electrical architecture for our advanced robotic systems. This is a hands-on, deeply technical leadership role for an engineer who leads from the bench, personally driving schematic design, PCB layout, and low-level fault isolation, rather than managing from a distance.

## What they're looking for

- Technical degree in EE (or equivalent) with 8+ years of full-cycle board development (schematic to production) for complex robotic, automotive, or electromechanical systems
- A first-principles engineer who actively designs, lays out, and debugs hardware rather than managing purely from a distance
- Deep, hands-on experience with EtherCAT (topology, distributed-clock sync, PDO mapping) for distributed actuation and sensing
- Mastery of at least one core domain—power electronics/motor drives or sensor/mixed-signal front-ends—with broad fluency across both
- Strong grasp of high-current power architectures, rail partitioning, budgeting, and circuit protection (OVP/UVP/OCP/OTP)
- Solid command of EMI/EMC, grounding, and ESD mitigation in noisy, motor-dense environments

Tags: Hardware Engineering