Electrical Engineer – Robotic Hand​/Gripper

Humanoid is the first AI and robotics company in the UK, creating the world’s most advanced, reliable, commercially scalable, and safe humanoid robots. Our first humanoid robot HMND 01 is a next-gen labour automation unit, providing highly efficient services across various use cases, starting with industrial applications.

We are seeking a passionate and highly skilled Electrical Engineer to join our team developing the next generation of robotic hand technologies in Vancouver, Canada. You will play a key role in designing, developing, and integrating the electrical systems that enable dexterous, precise, and reliable robotic hand operation. From high-performance sensor arrays and compact motor control to power management and embedded systems, your contributions will directly impact the performance and capabilities of our robotic hand solutions across industrial, medical, and service applications.

Our Mission:

At Humanoid we strive to create the world’s leading, commercially scalable, safe, and advanced humanoid robots that seamlessly integrate into daily life and amplify human capacity.

Vision:

In a world where artificial intelligence opens up new horizons, our faith in its potential unveils a new outlook where, together, humans and machines build a new future filled with knowledge, inspiration, and incredible discoveries. The development of a functional humanoid robot underpins an era of abundance and well-being where poverty will disappear, and people will be able to choose what they want to do.

We believe that providing a universal basic income will eventually be a true evolution of our civilization.

Solution:

As the demands on our built environment rise, labour shortages loom. With the world’s workforce increasingly moving away from undesirable tasks, the manufacturing, construction, and logistics industries critical to our daily lives are left exposed. By deploying our general-purpose humanoid robots in environments deemed hazardous or monotonous, we envision a future where human well-being is safeguarded while closing the gaps in critical global labour needs.

What You  Do

• Design and develop electrical systems that power and control robotic hands, including miniature BLDC, servo, and tendon-driven actuators, along with haptic feedback mechanisms.
• Develop high-fidelity sensor interfaces for tactile arrays, force-torque sensors, encoders, and proximity sensors to enable fine manipulation and adaptive grasping.
• Apply strong circuit analysis fundamentals to review electrical designs, conduct failure analysis, and troubleshoot complex electronics, with an emphasis on high-reliability in robotic manipulation systems.
• Create detailed schematics and PCB layouts using Altium, ensuring designs meet stringent performance, reliability, and manufacturability standards, including EMI/EMC compliance for sensitive robotic hand applications.
• Write embedded firmware in C and HDL to program STM
  32 microcontrollers, NXP SoCs, and Xilinx FPGAs, supporting real-time control loops, sensor data acquisition, and communication protocols.
• Implement communication protocols optimized for robotic hands, including Ether
  
  CAT, CANopen, SPI, and I2C, ensuring deterministic, low-latency, and fault-tolerant operation.
• Develop and manage power regulation and distribution systems tailored to the compact form factor of robotic hands, including switching power supplies, battery management systems (BMS), and short-circuit protection.
• Perform hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) testing, system validation, and debugging using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, power analyzers, and spectrum analyzers.
• Collaborate with mechanical engineers and software developers to achieve seamless electrical-mechanical integration, including sensor alignment, joint calibration, and thermal management.
• Ensure designs comply with relevant safety standards and certifications (e.g., IEC 61508, ISO 13849, UL/CE) for safety-critical robotic hand applications in industrial and healthcare environments.

What You’re Looking For

We are looking for talented candidates with a solid foundation in electrical engineering and experience in precision…