Senior Electrical Validation Engineer, Robotic Systems

Job Description

Job Description Why this matters

If you thrive on turning ambiguous failures into crisp root causes and love building automation that scales across factories, you’ll help Symbotic’s AI-powered robots move consumer goods faster and smarter through a fully automated supply chain.

Is this you?

• Do you enjoy crafting PCBA and interface-board designs that anchor reliable production test?
• Can you bring up new hardware—component selection, reviews, rework, and debug—without skipping a beat?
• Are you comfortable architecting power distribution, relay/mux networks, signal conditioning, DAQ, and instrumentation into cohesive test systems?
• Do you write clean Python to control instruments, execute tests, log data, and drive diagnostics?
• Will you grab an oscilloscope, logic analyzer, DMM, or power analyzer and isolate a tricky failure at board or system level?
• Can you lead deployments at internal sites and CMs, lift yields, and own failure analysis end-to-end?
• Do you turn production and field data into better coverage, higher reliability, and faster factories?
• Will you define NPI strategies, validation plans, and manufacturing test requirements that scale?
• Can you rally Electrical, Firmware, Software, Mechanical, and Manufacturing peers around a shared solution?
• Do you enjoy mentoring and setting a high bar for debugging discipline and engineering best practices?

What you’ll tackle

• Lead test and validation for complex robotic/electromechanical products from concept to production deployment.
• Own timelines, deliverables, and readiness checkpoints for fixture and system rollouts.
• Continuously harden test architecture, improve fixture reliability, and deepen automation.

What you bring

• BS in Electrical Engineering (or equivalent) and 8+ years in hardware design, manufacturing test, or system validation.
• Proficiency with schematic capture and PCBA design (Altium or similar).
• Hands-on mastery of bring-up, soldering/rework, and component-level debugging.
• Expertise in analog/digital circuits, power electronics, SI, grounding, EMI/noise, and protection circuits.
• Comfort with oscilloscopes, DMMs, programmable supplies, electronic loads, logic analyzers, and DAQ systems.
• Experience building fixtures with relays, multiplexers, interface boards, and automated measurement systems.
• Python (or similar) for automation and production diagnostics.
• Experience supporting manufacturing and collaborating directly with CMs.
• Protocol know-how: CAN, UART, SPI, I2C, Ethernet plus debugging tools.
• Data logging, database integration, analytics of test results, and failure trend analysis.
• Background with embedded systems, sensors, motors, or electromechanical products.
• Leadership in technical projects, execution ownership, and mentoring; clear communication and organization.

Nice-to-have boosts

• Robotics/automation or high-volume manufacturing experience.
• SCPI-based instrument control; automated validation frameworks.
• Production diagnostics, reliability testing, and robust root-cause methodologies.
• Manufacturing processes awareness, fixture ergonomics, and DFT principles.

Travel and logistics

• Up to 20% travel may be required. Employees must have a valid driver’s license and the ability to drive and/or fly to client and other customer locations.

Key proficiencies

• Electrical Schematics
• PCB Assembly (Printed Circuit Board Assembly)

About Symbotic

We’re a robotics and AI company reinventing warehouse automation with a high-density, end-to-end system where intelligent software orchestrates advanced robots for breakthrough efficiency, speed, and flexibility.