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Electrical Engineer, Actuator Systems

Figure· Electrical
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San Jose, CA$120k - $250kfull-timePosted 4mo ago

About the role

Electrical Engineer to join the Actuator Systems team, designing and testing motor control and power electronics hardware for humanoid robots.

Responsibilities

  • Design and validate PCBAs for actuator and motor control systems, including motor controllers, gate drivers, power distribution boards, and mixed-signal sensing circuits.
  • Develop conceptual designs and conduct trade studies to support key actuator hardware decisions.
  • Design across analog, digital, and power domains on the same board — managing signal integrity, noise isolation, and thermal considerations.
  • Support review of design artifacts (schematics, layouts, bill of materials) from peers and external suppliers.
  • Support system integration and test activities through hands-on debugging and validation.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor or graduate degree in Electrical Engineering or related field.
  • 2+ years of industry experience.
  • Solid EE fundamentals with hands-on experience designing, building, and testing PCBAs.
  • Mastery of Altium Designer in both schematics and layout.
  • Experience with motor controller design — gate drivers, H-bridges, FOC, BLDC/PMSM topologies.
  • Experience with mixed-signal design spanning analog, digital, and power domains.
  • Strong debugging instincts — you know how to attack a hardware problem, document findings, and drive to solutions quickly.

Skills

Required:PCB design and validationAltium DesignerMotor controller designMixed-signal designDebugging
Last updated Oct 7, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

About Figure

The future of home help is here

Figure is the first-of-its-kind AI robotics company bringing a general purpose humanoid to life.

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