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Serve Robotics is building autonomous sidewalk delivery robots to transform urban logistics. The company operates fleets across major US cities (Los Angeles, Miami, Dallas, Atlanta, Chicago) and is scaling manufacturing operations globally.
As an Electrical Engineer on the Power Train Electrical Engineering team, you will provide on-the-ground engineering support for manufacturing, validation, and test infrastructure at our contract manufacturer in Penang, Malaysia. This is a hands-on role bridging design, manufacturing, and field operations.
Key responsibilities include:
- Provide local electrical engineering support for manufacturing builds, new product introduction (NPI), and sustaining production issues
- Troubleshoot electrical failures during manufacturing, bring-up, and system integration; drive root cause analysis to closure
- Support yield improvement, failure analysis, rework guidance, and corrective actions for PCBAs, harnesses, power systems, and electromechanical assemblies
- Plan and execute EMI scanning activities for new robots and retrofit validation on existing fleet
- Work with design and systems teams to identify emission sources and implement electrical mitigation (grounding, shielding, filtering, layout, cable routing)
- Provide technical guidance for in-circuit test (IAC) fixtures, including requirements, electrical interfaces, instrumentation, safety, and test coverage
- Support development, debug, and improvement of test fixtures for board-level and system-level verification
- Partner with contract manufacturers, test partners, and local suppliers to resolve production issues and improve readiness
- Create and maintain test procedures, troubleshooting guides, engineering documentation, and validation records
- Collaborate with remote teams across electrical engineering, systems, firmware, reliability, and manufacturing to communicate issues and drive resolution
Required qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related discipline, or equivalent practical experience
- 4+ years in electrical engineering, hardware validation, manufacturing support, or test engineering for electromechanical products
- Hands-on troubleshooting experience with electrical and electromechanical systems in lab, manufacturing, or field environments
- Experience supporting contract manufacturers or production lines for electronic products
- Familiarity with EMI/EMC pre-scan testing, lab setup, electrical debug, and compliance-oriented validation workflows
- Experience with PCBAs, power distribution, cables, harnesses, and embedded hardware systems
- Ability to read schematics, wiring diagrams, test setups, and technical drawings
- Hands-on experience debugging electrical subsystems using oscilloscopes, power supplies, multimeters, spectrum analyzers, electronic loads, or similar tools
- Strong problem-solving skills and ability to drive technical work independently through ambiguity
- Experience collaborating with cross-functional engineering, manufacturing, quality, and supplier teams
Preferred experience includes robotics, automation, consumer electronics, automotive, aerospace, or medical device industries; design for manufacturing/test methodologies; EMC mitigation at board/cable/system level; electrical test fixture or manufacturing test station development; test automation using Python, LabVIEW, or Bash; and PLM/ECO/hardware change management workflows.
The role is onsite in Penang and may require occasional travel to support suppliers, manufacturing partners, test activities, and engineering validation efforts.
