About the Role
Foundation is seeking a Hardware Lead to build and lead a cross-functional team focused on optimizing current designs and creating new architectures through rapid prototyping and modeling for humanoid technology.
Responsibilities
- Build and lead a cross-functional team spanning electrical systems, manufacturing design and build including Phantom’s Body, Legs, Head and Torso.
- Focus on current design optimization.
- Create new architectures through rapid prototyping and modeling.
- Guide the actuator team in transformative robotics progress across all Foundation initiatives.
Requirements
- Hands-on technical leader with strong design experience in Hardware systems for robotics, automotive, or aerospace (bonus if done in the context of high volume manufacturing).
- Robust understanding of electromechanical structures and systems, embedded firmware, communication protocols, sensor integration, and packaging.
- Ready to dive into technical details and challenges related to mechanical, electrical, firmware, controls, and sourcing activities.
- Mastery in 3D CAD software, simulation and analysis methodology (FEA, MATLAB, ANSYS, etc), GD&T, tolerance analysis, and technical communication.
- Zeal for agile, startup-like operations with a bias for action.
Skills
- Hardware systems for robotics
- Hardware systems for automotive
- Hardware systems for aerospace
- High volume manufacturing
- Electromechanical structures
- Electromechanical systems
- Embedded firmware
- Communication protocols
- Sensor integration
- Packaging
- Mechanical design
- Electrical design
- Firmware development
- Controls engineering
- Sourcing
- 3D CAD software
- FEA
- MATLAB
- ANSYS
- GD&T
- Tolerance analysis
- Technical communication
- Agile methodologies
- Startup operations
Experience Level
- Technical leader
About the Company
- At Foundation, we’re pushing the bounds on Humanoid technology.
- We are rapidly scaling to meet demand.
