--- title: 'Senior Electrical Engineer, Robot Controller Hardware at Dexmate' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/senior-electrical-engineer-robot-controller-hardware-dexmate-fremont-5638zmeqk5q5' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-11-08' --- # Senior Electrical Engineer, Robot Controller Hardware at Dexmate - **Company:** Dexmate - **Location:** Fremont, CA - **Employment:** full-time - **Work type:** onsite - **Posted:** 2026-11-06 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-11-08 - **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/dexmate/a73e3ddd-6d76-41c2-a4be-7a7ced399ea3 ## Job description ## About Dexmate Dexmate is building robot platforms and a universal Physical AI OS to make robots easier to build and deploy. We combine hardware and software into a plug-and-play platform for developers, researchers and enterprises, with an open ecosystem that supports the development of physical AI. ## The Role We are looking for a Senior Electrical Engineer to design the onboard controller hardware for Dexmate’s robot platforms. You will own multi-processor architectures integrating NVIDIA Jetson modules, x86 hosts, and supporting MCUs, along with the sensor interfaces, networking, synchronization, and power systems that connect them. This is a hands-on board design role spanning architecture, schematics, PCB development, bring-up, validation, and production release. You will work closely with software, systems, mechanical, thermal, and manufacturing engineers to turn robot requirements into reliable controller hardware. ## Responsibilities - Define controller hardware requirements with software and systems teams, including processing needs, sensor connectivity, interface bandwidth, synchronization, power budgets, and environmental constraints. - Architect multi-processor controller platforms integrating Jetson modules, x86 hosts, and MCUs. Define processing boundaries, inter-processor communication, peripheral connections, and dependencies across power, clock, reset, and boot domains. - Design custom carrier boards for NVIDIA Jetson modules, including AGX Thor, following platform design requirements and validating implementation on physical hardware. - Evaluate compute platform options, including NVIDIA Jetson, Qualcomm robotics platforms, and x86 processors, against robot performance, power, thermal, packaging, and lifecycle requirements. - Own schematic design, component selection, and PCB development for controller motherboards, carrier boards, and associated interface electronics. Execute layout or provide detailed technical direction and review. - Design and validate high-speed interfaces such as PCIe, multi-gigabit Ethernet, USB, MIPI CSI-2, and camera SerDes links. Define stackups, impedance targets, routing constraints, grounding, and return paths. - Design onboard networking and hardware time synchronization between processors, cameras, and sensors, working with software engineers to verify system behavior. - Develop board-level power architectures, including DC-DC conversion, sequencing, transient response, protection, monitoring, and fault reporting. - Analyze signal and power integrity risks, correlate assumptions with bench measurements, and resolve interface instability and power-related failures. - Lead board bring-up with embedded software engineers, debugging boot, reset, clocking, processor communication, peripheral enumeration, and sensor connectivity. - Define and execute validation plans covering interface performance, sustained workloads, power cycling, temperature, supply variation, and fault recovery. - Partner with mechanical and thermal engineers on connectors, cables, cooling, and packaging; support EMI/EMC testing and corrective actions. - Work with manufacturing and test teams on DFM/DFT reviews, prototype builds, production test coverage, component substitutions, and production release. ## Minimum Qualifications - 5+ years of electrical hardware design experience with embedded processor systems, high-speed digital electronics, or similarly complex products, including at least one board taken through bring-up and production release. - Hands-on design of at least one custom NVIDIA Jetson carrier board, taken through board bring-up. - Demonstrated ownership of processor-based motherboards, system-on-module carrier boards, or comparable complex multilayer PCBAs, from schematic design through validation. - Experience designing hardware interfaces between processors, compute modules, MCUs, and peripherals, including power, reset, clocking, and boot dependencies. - Strong schematic design skills and proficiency with Altium, Cadence, or equivalent tools, with experience defining and reviewing high-speed PCB layouts. - Practical experience designing and debugging multiple high-speed interfaces, such as PCIe, Ethernet, USB, MIPI, or camera SerDes. - Strong understanding of signal and power integrity, including transmission lines, impedance discontinuities, return paths, decoupling, and power distribution networks. - Experience designing processor or compute-module power supplies, including regulator selection, load transients, sequencing, and protection. - Strong bench debugging skills using oscilloscopes, appropriate probing techniques, logic or protocol analyzers, and programmable power supplies. - Experience working with embedded software engineers to diagnose hardware/software interface issues and verify fixes on physical hardware. ## Preferred Qualifications - Experience with NVIDIA Jetson AGX Thor or AGX Orin, including carrier-board implementation, platform bring-up, and power and thermal integration. - Experience integrating multiple processor families within one controller platform, such as ARM with x86, or application processors with real-time MCUs. - Experience with Qualcomm robotics platforms or chip-down designs using Qualcomm SoCs, PMICs, and LPDDR. - Experience designing controller hardware for robots, autonomous vehicles, drones, or other systems constrained by power, space, and operating environment. - Experience with discrete processor and DDR memory integration, including layout constraints and timing validation. - Experience integrating multiple cameras and sensors over GMSL, FPD-Link, or multi-gigabit Ethernet. - Experience implementing hardware time synchronization using IEEE 1588/PTP or gPTP. - Experience with HDI PCB design, dense BGA fanout, and signal or power integrity simulation using tools such as HyperLynx, Sigrity, or Ansys. - Familiarity with embedded Linux, JetPack, pinmux and device tree configuration, boot diagnostics, and scripting for hardware validation. - Experience with EMC pre-compliance testing, environmental qualification, production test development, and manufacturing ramp. ## 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. 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