Senior Electrical Engineer

Luminous Robotics is automating the construction of utility-scale solar farms. Our robot, LUMI, autonomously installs solar modules, taking on one of the most labour-intensive parts of solar construction. We are on a mission to commoditise harsh manual work by deploying embodied AI into the world’s hardest industrial environments, starting with solar.

Headquartered in Boston, with our Australian operation based in Melbourne, we’re scaling production and deployment. We need electrical systems that can be built consistently, diagnosed quickly and relied on in the field. That’s where you come in.

We’re looking for a Senior Electrical Engineer to own LUMI’s electrical systems and contribute to embedded firmware, from schematic to field deployment on solar sites. You’ll be our first dedicated electrical engineer, working with the team to refine our current systems, architect the improvements and then build, debug and ship them yourself. Your initial focus will be getting robots built and running reliably with our US team, turning what we learn in the field into better designs.

This is a hands-on role. You’ll design boards, write firmware, wire prototypes, and bring up power systems, working alongside mechanical, software, and manufacturing teams to get robots out of the warehouse and running reliably in the field as we scale production. Success means electrical systems that work together reliably, evidence that they meet safety and performance requirements, and designs the team can build and maintain.

Electrical architecture and integration. Design and integrate the robot’s electrical system: power distribution, battery and BMS integration, motor drives, sensors, and actuators. Develop schematics and PCB layouts, take boards through prototype and contract manufacturing, and own bring-up and debug. Select components and suppliers, making practical build-versus-buy decisions within time and budget constraints.

Electrical safety and validation. Own electrical safety design: e-stop and full-system shutdown architecture, battery and thermal monitoring, high-voltage isolation, and design reviews. Plan and run bench, integration, and field testing, with the equipment and data logging needed to verify performance and investigate failures.

Embedded controls and communications. Write and maintain real-time embedded firmware in C/C++ for motor control, sensor acquisition, safety interlocks, and I/O. Architect and manage the robot’s communication networks (CAN, CANopen, Ethernet, wireless links), including integrating third‑party components and reverse‑engineering undocumented ones when needed.

Field reliability. Design electronics that survive outdoor solar‑site conditions: heat, dust, water, and vibration. Diagnose electrical and embedded‑system faults, identify root causes and verify that corrective changes resolve them.

Design for production and team development. Make designs practical to manufacture, assemble, test and service. Help shape how the electrical engineering team grows: identify capability gaps, contribute to hiring, mentor engineers and technicians, and establish electrical design standards.

BS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or equivalent practical experience. 10+ years designing electrical and embedded systems for hardware products that shipped or were field tested.

Full product‑cycle experience: schematic capture, PCB layout, prototype build, bring‑up, test, and handoff to manufacturing.

Embedded on microcontrollers, including real‑time control, closed‑loop PWM/motor control, and analog and digital I/O.

Deep, hands‑on experience with CAN and CANopen, including network design and analysis tools such as Vector CANoe or similar.

Experience…