Hardware Integration and Development Engineer

Job description

Here at Humanoid, we believe in a future where robots amplify human potential. That’s why we’ve set out on a mission to build the world’s most capable, commercially-scalable, and safe humanoid robots. We’re bringing that mission to life with HMND‑01 Alpha - our rapidly developed humanoid platform now running in real industrial pilots - and we’re growing the team to take it even further. # About the Role We're looking for a Hardware Integration and Development Engineer to bring up, integrate and validate the electronics behind the end effectors on our robots and the human-worn devices operators use to interface with them. You'll focus on getting hardware working reliably end-to-end — integrating sensors, compute platforms and PCBAs, debugging issues at the boundary of electrical, mechanical and firmware, and supporting test and validation — in a high-paced environment where priorities shift fast. # What You'll Do - **Bring Up New Hardware:** Bring up new PCB/PCBA revisions — reviewing schematics, checking power rails, and debugging with an oscilloscope and logic analyzer. - **Integrate Sensors & Platforms:** Integrate sensors, encoders, cameras and IMUs with compute platforms such as ESP32, Raspberry Pi and NVIDIA Jetson into working hardware assemblies. - **Validate Communication Interfaces:** Verify and debug communication interfaces between subsystems, including I2C, SPI, UART, Ethernet, USB, CAN, EtherCAT and MIPI. - **Own Calibration & Diagnostics:** Develop and run calibration routines, diagnostic tooling and fault/status checks across integrated hardware. - **Support Component Selection:** Help evaluate and select sensors, MCUs and other hardware building blocks alongside electrical and mechanical engineers. - **Cross-Discipline Debugging:** Resolve integration issues that span firmware, electrical and mechanical, working closely with all three teams. - **Support Test & Validation:** Support hardware test rigs, trials and validation activities, providing hands-on troubleshooting. - **Document Interfaces:** Document hardware interfaces, bring-up procedures and known issues clearly for other engineers to build against. # What We're Looking For - Degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering or a related field, with 4+ years' experience in hardware integration, bring-up or embedded systems roles. - FPGA experience is required. - Hands-on experience integrating and debugging sensors, encoders, cameras and compute platforms such as ESP32, Raspberry Pi or NVIDIA Jetson. - Solid understanding of communication and sensor interfaces: I2C, SPI, MIPI, UART, Ethernet, USB, CAN and EtherCAT. - Strong hardware debugging skills — oscilloscope, logic analyzer, JTAG/SWD — and comfort bringing up new PCB/PCBA revisions. - Experience developing calibration routines and supporting hardware test/validation activities. - Comfortable working across firmware, electrical and mechanical boundaries in a high-paced environment. # Nice to have - Basic embedded firmware or scripting experience for tooling and diagnostics - Experience working with formally defined hardware interfaces/contracts shared across teams - Experience in a robotics or hardware startup environment # What We Offer - Competitive equity: stock options with meaningful upside as we scale. - 30+ paid days off, including 23 days of annual leave, all UK bank holidays, and additional company closure days (including Christmas–New Year shutdown). - Private healthcare, including virtual and in-person care. - Pension scheme with 8% total contribution (5% employee, 3% employer) on full earnings. - Free daily breakfast, catered lunch, and snacks in-office. - Work at the frontier - collaborate daily with world-class engineers, researchers, and product experts building the next generation of AI and humanoid robotics. - Real ownership - direct access to founding leadership, meaningful input on product direction, and the ability to drive key initiatives from day one.