Electrical Engineer, Dexterity
$135-160k
Office located in Redwood City, CA
Robotics for logistics, warehouses, and supply chain
Open for applications
Robotics for logistics, warehouses, and supply chain
201-500 employees
Open for applications
$135-160k
Office located in Redwood City, CA
201-500 employees
Company mission
Dexterity's mission is to help people thrive and grow by freeing them to do work that humans do best, by transforming the world to make work more purposeful.
Role
Who you are
- BS or higher in Electrical Engineering, related discipline, or equivalent experience
- 10 or more years of related work experience
- Experience with motors, servo drivers, sensors, communication protocols, robot arms, and controllers
- Experience with lab test instruments such as multimeters, oscilloscopes, DC loads, power supplies, spectrum analyzers, etc
- Experience with circuit design including analog circuits, digital logic, high-speed signals, filtering, high-voltage circuits, etc
- Experience using eCAD tools like Autocad Electrical, SolidWorks Electrical, or equivalent for designing electrical systems
- Experience with an industrial hardware product certification process, best design practices for compliance, and familiarity with applicable standards (FCC, NFPA 79, UL, CE, IEC)
- Experience in troubleshooting control systems and electrical system issues
- Familiar with Hardware Product Life Cycle stages and product lifecycle management tools and processes from concept to volume manufacturing
- Familiar with using a PLM system (Arena, Agile, Teamcenter) for the development life cycle on a day-to-day basis
- Experience working with engineering off-shore subcontractors, vendors, and global contract manufacturers
- Experience with power electronics design (motor drive, SMPS, inverters) and practical experience in battery-powered systems design - an advantage
- Experience with electronics for industrial automation such as PLCs, functional safety modules, and safety sensors - an advantage
- Strong technical writing skills and ability to communicate technical information to technical and non-technical functions
- Able to work on multiple projects and global engineering teams concurrently with great attention to detail
- Fast learner, can autonomously translate learning into execution
What the job involves
- We are seeking an experienced Electrical Engineer to join Dexterity’s Hardware team
- As an Electrical Engineer, you will contribute to the electrical architecture and design for high-performing and reliable robotics solutions
- Your responsibilities will encompass various aspects of electrical systems design, integration, testing, and collaboration across multidisciplinary teams
- Lead the architecture and design of reliable, scalable, and cost-effective electrical systems for robotics solutions
- Drive components selection and oversee their integration into the design, ensuring safe and optimal functionality
- Create wiring configurations and harness designs for reliable electrical performance, ease of assembly, and serviceability
- Design for signal integrity, minimize noise interference and establish effective grounding practices to maintain system performance and reliability
- Utilize advanced eCAD tools like Autocad Electrical, SolidWorks Electrical, or equivalent to meticulously create and review electrical schematics, ensuring alignment with product requirements, mechanical considerations, and adherence to electrical safety standards such as UL508A, NFPA79, and CE
- Support the Mechanical engineering counterparts to ensure seamless integration of electrical modules and harnesses into the product CAD designs
- Collaborate with Hardware Test engineers to develop and execute robust testing plans to verify the functionality and performance of electrical systems, analyzing test results to drive continuous improvement
- Collaborate with Manufacturing engineers (internal/external) to ensure accuracy in BOM, define and oversee assembly and testing processes, and troubleshoot any electrical system issues to unblock manufacturing
- Engage in cross-functional collaboration with software engineers to facilitate the development and integration of drivers essential for operation and communication within the robotics solutions
- Work with design partners or ODMs to jointly develop next-generation HW components to optimize the performance and cost of our products
- Write and maintain design documentation that clearly communicates design considerations and trade-offs
- Support the initial product installations at customer facilities, including troubleshooting and training
Our take
Dexterity emerged from stealth at an opportune, albeit tough, time in 2020, just as an accelerating labour crunch drove major demand for automated solutions in factories and warehouses. The company managed a major fundraise and immediately moved on to bigger and better things: expanding into the Japanese market, partnering with supply chain automation leader Dematic and achieving unicorn status with a greater than $1 billion valuation.
Unlike other companies which are fixated on developing increasingly sophisticated, more human-like robots, Dexterity’s takes a comparatively simple hardware approach. Its machines take care of highly repetitive tasks, while its SaaS platform shares everything it learns with each robot, amplifying intelligence across the fleet. Rather than seeking to replace human workforces it aims to augment them, freeing skilled workers for more complex tasks.
Considering that the worldwide labour shortage is heavily impacting the industrial sector, Dexterity is in a promising position to continue its upward trajectory over the next few years.. Indeed its recent partnerships with Sumitomo to supply 1,500 Dexterity robots in their warehouses and with FedEx for autonomous trailer loading are encouraging signs of things to come for the company.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
1% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Oct 2021
$140m
SERIES B
Jul 2020
$56.2m
SERIES A
Total funding: $196.2m
Company benefits
- Flexible and generous vacation and holidays
- Comprehensive healthcare benefits for you and your family
- Retirement plan (subject to country of employment)
- Wellbeing and fitness offerings
- Insurance programs
- Discounts and perks
- Meals and snacks at our sites
Company HQ
Redwood City, CA
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Leadership
Samir Menon
(CEO)Former Software Design Engineer at Microsoft India R&D, former Research Assistant at Simon Fraser University. Before founding Dexterity they spent 10 years at Stanford University, gaining a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) & Master of Science (M.S.), Computer Science.
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