Robotic Hardware Engineer

About Texavie  Texavie () is a fast growing startup with a mission to bring dexterity and tactile sensing to robotic hands, manipulators, humanoids, and physical AI, using our 5k1n technology. We are developing game-changing wearable and robotic systems that will be used to empower dexterity, accuracy, tactile sensing in humanoid and industrial robotic systems. Our 5k1n products provide a sense of touch to robots similar to human skin and help robots sense their environment, evaluate their grasp and be able to handle complex tasks, and manipulate objects with accuracy, repeatability and autonomy.

We work with leading humanoid and robotic companies to bring our solutions to market, with significant potential for different industrial verticals including warehouse operations, advanced manufacturing, homecare, healthcare, agriculture, hospitality and security.
About Us
We are an award-winning high-tech startup based in Vancouver, BC, Canada with experience in the areas of flexible electronics, advanced sensors, smart textile, robotics, machine learning, and artificial intelligence. Our 5k1n solutions provide unparalleled accuracy in capturing human movements and tactile force data that can be used to tele-operate, train and develop large language models for dexterity and autonomy in humanoid and advanced robotic systems.

Our solutions are being extended to robotic systems and humanoids for providing human-level dexterity, sense of touch and autonomy. We are also developing AI foundation models that incorporate tactile sensing for dexterity and autonomy in humanoids and robotic systems.
Our solutions have applications in rehabilitation, movement assessment, and healthcare beyond robotics.
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Position  We are looking for several exceptional and experienced candidates with significant interest and experience to make breakthroughs in electronic hardware and embodied sensing to join our team in a leading position. The successful candidate will be reporting to our management and product development teams to collaborate, design, innovate, integrate, and validate robotic electronic hardware systems focused on real-time control, data collection, tele-operation, visualization and physical AI application and robotic manipulations.
Responsibilities   Development of electronic hardware, PCB and flexible PCB, integrated advanced sensors, data processors and GPUs, actuating devices, communication components for wearable devices and robotic skin systems for embodied robotics, humanoids and physical AI.
Testing and validation of electronic hardware, firmware, sensor arrays and integrated components in real-time and closed-loop operation scenarios.
Development and implementation of firmware, embedded programming designed for working with embodied hardware and integrated sensors.
Develop automated testing equipment, jigs and methods to ensure firmware and hardware s reliability, accuracy and durability, and test and validate durability and reliability.
Work with manufacturers, suppliers, chip makers, and partners for developing scalable manufacturing of components, parts and sourcing.
Work with other team members to gather data and help with software, algorithms, data analysis, demo and foundation model developments.
Teamwork to achieve overall objectives of the projects, stick to milestones and product targets.
Be open to new ideas, fast iterations, incorporating feedback, and enjoy start-up culture and be ready for bringing new breakthroughs to bring products to market. Lots of growth potential.
Be ready for a fast paced work environment and collaborate with leading humanoid and robotic companies.
Enjoy a fun, productive, and diverse team environment and engage with different teams.
Self-starter, initiating projects, taking ownership and doing what it takes to get the job done.

Minimum Qualifications   BS or Graduate Degree in Electrical, Computer, Computer Science, Mechatronics or Robotics Engineering
2+ year of industry experience working on related topics
Strong experience in PCB design, flexible PCB, fabrication, soldering and other hardware fabrication and maintenance
Strong experience with robotic systems, embedded sensors, robotics interactions, processor architecture, analog and digital circuit design and various communications protocols such as I2C, UART, SPI, USB, MIPI, I2S, etc.
Strong experience in ROS, python or other operating systems and platform software systems
Experience in movement data, force sensing data, tactile data and biomechanics applications
Experience in use of IMUs and other wearable sensors
Experience in optimizing performance and memory usage for resource constrained embedded systems

Preferred Qualifications   

Experience with battery operated designs and power management solutions for handheld, wearables and robotic systems
Experience in computer vision and working with cameras and multimodal sensing inputs
Hands on experience with signal integrity tools
Experience in designing products for WiFi,…