Senior Hardware Test Engineer - Components
Apptronik · Austin, TX · HQ
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At a glance
Highlights
- Own validation and reliability testing for robot electronics behind Apollo.
- Design HALT/HASS campaigns to find design margins and failure modes.
- Characterize sensors and compute modules for AI-powered humanoid robots.
Ideal candidate
A hands-on hardware tester who thrives root-causing board-level failures and hardening robot electronics for production scale in close partnership with design teams.
Requirements
- Hands-on experience validating electronic hardware (PCBAs, wiring harnesses, sensors, or compute modules) using bench equipment
- Experience with production test methods including ICT, flying probe, and functional test plus fixture design
- Experience with HALT/HASS including defining stress profiles and interpreting failure modes
- Knowledge of harness field-failure drivers including contact resistance, connector retention, and flex fatigue
- Strong debugging skills to root-cause failures to board, connector, or component level using schematics and datasheets
- Understanding of sensor physics to characterize accuracy, noise, drift, and environmental sensitivity
- BS in Electrical, Mechanical, Robotics or related field + 6 years experience, or MS + 4 years, or PhD + 2 years
Lab profile
About Apptronik
Human-centered robotics company building AI-powered humanoid robot Apollo for manufacturing, logistics, and beyond.
What they build
- Apollo humanoid robot
Known for
- Applied AI
- Full-stack humanoid robotics
- Human-robot interaction
- Humanoid controls
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