Robotics Engineer (Electrical / Mechatronics)

We are looking for a Robotics Engineer (Electrical / Mechatronics) with 7+ years of experience to own everything electrical on an autonomous field robot that drives rebar foundations into the ground at utility-scale solar sites. You'll be joining a small, high-agency team building hardware from the ground up — taking systems from concept through deployment and eventually to fleet-level manufacturing. This is a ground-floor role with founding-team-level ownership and direct line of sight to a 100+ MW project in construction. We need someone who thrives in austere environments, owns problems end-to-end without handholding, and is ready to get their hands dirty in the dirt at pilot sites with a multimeter in hand.

What will you be doing?

- Owning the robot's full electrical architecture end-to-end: power systems, motor control, sensing, wiring, embedded firmware, and safety circuits for a machine operating in harsh outdoor environments

- Selecting and integrating motors, drives, actuators, and sensors — bridging the gap between electrical and mechanical teams on a small, fast-moving squad

- Developing embedded firmware and real-time control systems (CAN bus, microcontroller/PLC control loops, fault handling, telemetry) to make heavy equipment behave like a precision robot

- Field debugging and root-cause analysis at the Texas pilot site — designing for dust, heat, vibration, and EMI in West Texas summers

- Supporting the path from one prototype to a small fleet: wire harness DFM, documentation, supplier management, and guiding the team toward production readiness