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title: Founding Electrical Engineer at Ant-Tech
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| **Company** | Ant-Tech |
| **Location** | San Francisco, CA |
| **Salary** | $150K/yr - $200K/yr |
| **Type** | Full Time |
| **Posted** | Sep 25, 2026 |
## Description

## Tasks

**Location:** San Francisco, USA – On-site  
💼 **Employment:** Full-time / Permanent  
🏭 **Industry:** Robotics / Electronics / Hardware

🔧 About the Role

We are looking for a **Founding Electrical Engineer** to join an early-stage engineering team developing a **fully autonomous PCB fabrication machine**.

You will work across **electronics, robotics, sensing, motion control, test & measurement, firmware, and software**, taking systems from initial concepts through prototyping, debugging, and real-world deployment.

🚀 Key Responsibilities

- Design, prototype, and bring up **custom circuit boards** for sensing, actuation, measurement, and control.
- Build high-accuracy **test fixtures, harnesses, and instrumentation**.
- Develop electrical systems for precision autonomous machines operating at **micron-level tolerances**.
- Debug complex failures across **electronics, firmware, software, and mechanical systems**.
- Build an **agentic/AI harness** for the PCB fabrication machine.
- Own subsystems end-to-end, from circuit schematics, system architecture, and test plans to fully working systems.

## Requirements

- **Deep Electrical Engineering expertise is essential**, with strong knowledge of circuits, signals, and failure modes.
- Hands-on experience **designing, bringing up, and debugging circuit boards**, with the ability to discuss performance, accuracy, and limitations using specific technical details.
- Experience at a **hardware, robotics, or defense company** where products were built for production and real-world use.
- Strong experience with **oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, power supplies, signal generators, data acquisition systems, and custom test fixtures**.
- Strong **mechanical and systems intuition**, including motors, sensors, thermal management, vibration, tolerances, grounding, noise, and packaging.
- Solid **firmware/software fundamentals**, with the ability to write code for hardware control, testing, and debugging.
- Degree in **Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Mechanical Engineering, Physics**, or equivalent hands-on experience.
- Senior/Staff-level experience at a leading **hardware, robotics, or deep-tech company** is highly preferred.

## Benefits

Working Environment

- **100% on-site in San Francisco.**
- **Six days per week** is considered normal, with long working days.
- Strong ownership of **subsystems and problems**, rather than individual tickets.
- A highly hands-on environment where **rapid prototyping and testing** are prioritized over lengthy design cycles.
- Early-stage startup environment requiring **autonomy, creativity, and strong problem-solving skills**.

💡 This Role Is Ideal For You If:

✔ You are a highly hands-on Electrical Engineer who enjoys building and debugging hardware.  
✔ You have experience working on real hardware, not just prototypes or demos.  
✔ You can move comfortably between electronics, firmware, software, and mechanical systems.  
✔ You enjoy taking a problem from a **blank sheet of paper to a working machine**.  
✔ You want to be one of the early engineering team members building a completely new product.

📩 **Interested?**  
Send us your **CV / LinkedIn profile** to learn more about the opportunity.
## Skills

- Debugging
- Electrical Grounding
- Robotics
- Tolerancing
- Logic Analyzer
- Mechanical Systems
- Thermal Management
- Electrical Systems
- Sensor Systems
- Hardware Bring-up
- Climbing Equipment
- Packaging
- Actuation
- Power Supply Design
- Oscilloscope
- Electric Motors
- PCB Fabrication
- Computer Science
- Data Acquisition
- Electrical Engineering
- Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (Fmea)
- Test Fixtures
- Firmware

## How to Apply

[Apply for this position](https://www.foundrole.com/jobs/founding-electrical-engineer-at-ant-tech-01a0dbeb-3061-7baa-b787-4886ea182a06?utm_source=ai_markdown)

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