Electrical Engineer

Paradigm Robotics is an Austin, Texas based robotics startup building rugged, scalable robots for situational awareness in hazardous environments. We serve firefighting, emergency response, public safety, oil & gas, defense, and industrial markets. Our mission is to create a new paradigm of scalable, reliable, and useful robots for real-world hazardous operations providing critical solutions to the most dangerous problems out there.

We've raised an oversubscribed round from top-tier venture firms. We’re working directly with over 80 of the largest fire departments, law enforcement agencies, industrial teams, and military units across the U.S., including the Air Force, Army, and SERDP. Our robots are built with and for firefighters, first responders, warfighters, and emergency crews.

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• Design analog and digital circuits including power regulation, signal conditioning, and sensor interfaces
• Own PCB development, including: schematic capture, layout, and bring-up
• Work closely with mechanical and software engineers to ensure reliable integration
• Troubleshoot and debug system-level electrical issues
• Define and maintain wiring diagrams, harnessing, grounding, and EMI/EMC strategies
• Support sensor selection and integration (thermal, gas, visual, RF, etc.)
• Run and interpret tests for thermal load, EMI, and ruggedness
• Design and fabricate cable harnesses and enclosures for field reliability
• Run SPICE simulations for analog validation, noise analysis, and circuit stability
• Contribute to design reviews and write documentation for design decisions
• Help build the internal standards and test infrastructure for future iterations
• Communicate directly with users as necessary to determine engineering direction for specific features

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering (or equivalent experience)
• 2+ years designing and testing circuit boards for embedded or electromechanical systems
• Proficiency in schematic and layout tools (e.g. Altium, KiCad, Eagle)
• Strong foundation in analog and digital circuit design
• Familiarity with microcontrollers, communication protocols (UART, SPI, I2C, CAN)
• Comfortable with oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, multimeters, and firmware-level debugging
• Experience soldering and reworking SMD/SMT boards
• Experience building, testing, and troubleshooting wiring harnesses
• SPICE simulation experience (LTspice, PSpice, etc.)
• PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
• 3+ years of experience in hardware-heavy product environments
• Designed boards that have shipped or deployed in the field
• Experience with thermal and EMI/EMC design constraints
• Familiarity with embedded C/C++ or working closely with firmware engineers
• Experience with cable/harnessing tools (SolidWorks Electrical, RapidHarness, Zuken, etc.)
• Experience in a startup or early-stage hardware team
• Strong entrepreneurial track record being an engineer, founder, or operator at a 0 to 1 startup, able and prepared to support scaling across all aspects of engineering, operations, and business
• ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS:
• Willing to work long hours, especially when necessary for critical milestones
• Hands-on in design, assembly, testing, and in-field deployments
• Open to providing mechanical engineering guidance to other team members when needed
• Eager to implement best practices, and fast to communicate needs and desired process changes
• Willing to provide feedback to management and team early and often