Principal Hardware Engineer

Who We Are:

Prime Robotics is a premier provider of end-to-end automation solutions tailoredfordistribution centers and warehouses. Prime’s suite of robot and execution software solutions transform fragmented workflows, empowering clients to unlock operational productivity and efficiency. Committed to revolutionizing warehouse, supply chain, and factory operations, Prime strives to elevate businesses through best-in-class automation solutions and services.

If you want to build hardware and software that physically changes how warehousesoperateandsee your work rolling across a live warehouse floor,Prime Robotic sis the place to do it!

Prime Robotics is looking for an experienced Principal Hardware Engineer who works across three modes depending on where the urgency is:fix, build, and design.

• Our robots are in warehouses now, running real operations. We have reached the point where we are moving from reactive fixes to root cause engineering, and we need someone to lead that shift.
• You willownreliability at the engineering level. That means working directly with field technicians to understand what is breaking, diagnosing why it is breaking, and driving changes that prevent it from happening again.
• The problems are primarily electrical: wiring, grounding, PCB robustness, and power systems. There is real, meaningful work here for someone who wants to leave a clear mark on a hardware product.

• We are actively building robots right now, including nearly
  50-unitdeploymentina freezer environment. Build quality and electrical integrity on robots coming out of Denver production is part of your scope.

• You will work directly with our China engineering team to improve PCB and electrical system designs: grounding schemes, EMI resilience, connector selection, and environmental sealing.
• The goalisa fleet that stays running in real warehouse conditions, not just hardware that passes a bench test.
• This is a hands-on rolewhereyou’llbe expected to doengineeringwork.

• Work alongside field technicians to understand what is failing, in what conditions, and how often,they are your primary source of signal.
• Diagnose complex electrical failures: wiring faults, grounding problems, PCB issues, power system failures, sensor degradation in harsh environments.
• Prioritize which failures matter most to customer uptime and drive the engineering decisions that fix them at the root.
• Establish diagnostic standards and repairmethodologythe field team can execute consistently.
• Track bad-fix rates and first-visit resolution; use that data to drive design improvements.

• Own electrical quality on robots being built in Denver,wiring standards, grounding practices, inspection criteria.
• Support the Arctic Rack Botbuild  for freezer deployment: ensure electrical systems are robust for
  -10°F continuous operation.
• Work with assemblers to catch issues during build rather than after deployment.

• Partner with our China R&D team to improve PCB designs for robustness,this is one of the highest-leverage things we can do for long-term fleet reliability.
• Drive design improvements in wiring harnesses, connector choices, grounding architecture, and environmental protection.
• Contribute to next-generation robot variants including
  
  Rack Bot
  2.0 andMobile
  
  Pallet improvements.
• Apply design-for-reliability thinking,reduce failure modes before robots ship rather than fixing them in the field.

• Lead our international engineering team on hardware development,this requires regular evening availability to overlap with China time zones.
• Bridge the gap between what the field is experiencing and what the China team is designing; you are the translation layer.
• Review and provide feedback on designs coming from China with a reliability and field-serviceability lens.

• Deep electrical systems fluency,wiring, grounding, PCB-level diagnosis, power systems, EMI. This is the core technical requirement for this role.
• Experience with autonomous robots or complex electromechanical systems deployed in real-world…