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title: 'Electrical & Firmware Test Engineer at Dexmate'
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last_seen: '2026-10-18'
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# Electrical & Firmware Test Engineer at Dexmate

- **Company:** Dexmate
- **Location:** Fremont, CA
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** onsite
- **Posted:** 2026-10-04
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-18
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/dexmate/5541e09b-ca1b-4710-aa58-bef193460706

## Job description

## About Dexmate

Dexmate is building the foundation for physical AI — combining a new generation of robots with a universal Physical AI OS, making robots as easy to build and deploy as software. Today, robotics is fragmented, slow, and closed: most builders are forced to reinvent the same stack again and again, and most ideas never make it past the prototype stage. We exist to change that. Our mission is to democratize robotics by lowering the barrier to entry, delivering a plug-and-play platform for developers, researchers, and enterprises, and cultivating an open ecosystem that accelerates the evolution of physical AI. If you want to help shape the next layer of human capability — and believe the future of robotics should be built together, not in isolation — we'd love to build it with you.

## The Role

We are looking for an Electrical & Firmware Test Engineer to make sure the electrical systems and embedded software in Dexmate robots work reliably in the real world. You will own validation of power systems, batteries, boards, harnesses, and motor controllers, and build the hardware-in-the-loop infrastructure that tests our firmware before it reaches a robot. You will find problems before customers do — and help fix them. This is a hands-on role. You will spend most of your time at the bench and in the lab — probing boards, building rigs, running tests, and debugging failures yourself. We care most about what you have actually built, tested, and debugged.

## Responsibilities

- Define and execute electrical validation plans for power distribution, battery packs and BMS, custom boards, motor drives, sensors, harnesses, and connectors
- Define reliability test flows for PCBAs, harnesses, and connectors, and run them: power cycling, brown-out and fault conditions, high temperature/high humidity, thermal cycling and shock, connector and harness flex/wear, and long-duration burn-in
- Run ESD and EMC pre-compliance testing; support FCC, CE, and UL certification with external labs
- Validate battery safety and performance, and support battery certification (IEC 62133, UN38.3)
- Build and maintain hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) test rigs for motor controllers, joint modules, and main compute boards
- Develop automated firmware regression tests covering communications (CAN, EtherCAT, Ethernet), control loops, safety behaviors, and OTA updates
- Perform fault-injection testing to verify error handling and safe-state behavior
- Lead electrical failure analysis at board and system level, working with electrical and firmware engineers to drive fixes
- Write test procedures and maintain test data and reports

## Minimum Qualifications

- BS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent hands-on experience — proven test and debug work matters more to us than the degree
- 4+ years of hands-on experience in electrical validation, hardware test, or embedded test for robotics, automotive, industrial, or consumer electronics
- Strong bench skills: oscilloscopes, current probes, power analyzers, electronic loads, thermal cameras
- Ability to read schematics and debug at board level
- Experience testing power electronics, battery systems, or motor drives
- Proficiency in Python for test automation and comfort working in Linux
- Familiarity with embedded systems and communication buses (CAN, SPI, I2C, UART, Ethernet)

## Preferred Qualifications

- Experience building HIL test systems and firmware CI pipelines
- Experience with EtherCAT or real-time motor control systems
- Hands-on EMC/ESD pre-compliance testing and certification experience (FCC, CE, UL)
- Knowledge of battery safety standards (IEC 62133, UN38.3, UL 2271)
- Familiarity with functional safety (ISO 13849, IEC 61508)
- Ability to read and write embedded C/C++

## About Dexmate

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Dexmate builds general-purpose robots with manipulation capabilities, integrating custom hardware with AI models for robotic operation.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Seed Stage)
- **Headquarters**: Santa Clara, California, United States
- **Founded**: 2024
- **Founders**: Tao Chen (Co-Founder, CEO), Yuzhe Qin (Co-Founder, CTO), Chongyang Wang (Co-Founder)

## Core Business
- Primary industry/industries: Robotics Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Automation
- Target customers: B2B (enterprise, logistics, manufacturing, and research organizations)
- Mission or purpose statement: "Building tomorrow's intelligence and automation."

## Products & Services
- **[Vega]**: A general-purpose mobile robot with high-payload arms, dexterous hands, a foldable torso, and an omnidirectional base. The robot is powered by custom-built hardware integrated with AI models for physical robotic operation.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly available
- **Key Metric**: Total Funding raised via a Seed Round (closed ~March 2026) with participation from LG Technology Ventures as a lead investor.
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: LG Technology Ventures (lead investor), LG CNS (strategic partner for building Physical AI infrastructure for smart logistics).
- **Growth Signals**: Headcount grew +328.6% year-over-year (from ~4 to 18 employees). LinkedIn followers grew +67.8% yearly. In April 2026, launched the "Dexmate Build with Vega U Research Grant Program," selecting six research teams to receive a Vega robot. Strong hiring momentum with 11 active job postings as of mid-2026.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Integrated Hardware + AI Stack**: Designs custom high-payload arms, dexterous hands, and omnidirectional bases specifically for AI-driven manipulation, creating a tight hardware-software moat.
- **Physical AI Focus**: Differentiating by building "Physical AI" that moves beyond lab settings into real-world logistics and manufacturing, as evidenced by the partnership with LG CNS.
- **Rapid Scaling**: Demonstrated ability to grow headcount and attract top-tier talent from institutions like Carnegie Mellon University, UC San Diego, and companies like NVIDIA and Bosch.

## Strategic Focus
- **Physical AI Infrastructure**: Partnering with LG CNS to build the infrastructure that enables Physical AI to operate in smart logistics and manufacturing environments.
- **Research & Ecosystem**: Grant programs to seed the research community with Vega robots, driving platform adoption and innovation.
- **Talent Acquisition**: Aggressively hiring across engineering (AI, robotics, embedded systems), design, product management, and business development to scale the team.

## Why Work Here
- **Mission-Driven**: Opportunity to work on cutting-edge general-purpose robotics and Physical AI, moving technology from labs to real-world impact.
- **Engineering-Heavy Culture**: 60% of employees are in technical roles (AI, robotics, software, hardware), with a strong emphasis on hands-on building.
- **Fast-Growing Startup**: ~328% headcount growth in one year, indicating high trajectory and opportunity for early employees to have outsized impact.
- **Location**: HQ in Santa Clara, CA (Silicon Valley), with an in-office work policy (on-site workspace).
- **Compensation**: Engineering roles list salary ranges like $100K–$300K, competitive for the robotics/AI space.
- **Notable Culture Signals**: "Build with us" hiring language, active LinkedIn community (4,273 followers), and a focus on "smile, reach out, and instantly connect" suggests a collaborative, builder-oriented environment.

## Sources
1. [dexmate.ai](https://www.dexmate.ai/)
2. [jobs.ashbyhq.com/dexmate](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/dexmate)
3. [builtin.com/company/dexmate](https://builtin.com/company/dexmate)
4. [craft.co/dexmate](https://craft.co/dexmate)
5. [linkedin.com/company/dexmate](https://www.linkedin.com/company/dexmate)

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