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Human Computer Lab

Intern - Electrical Engineer

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About this role

Human Computer Lab, a robotics startup, seeks an electrical engineering intern to design and validate PCBAs for LeLamp, an expressive consumer robot. You'll work hands-on from schematic through board bring-up, debugging hardware and supporting system integration with the founding team in San Francisco.

What you'll do

  • Design and validate PCBAs for power distribution, motor control, sensing, and compute subsystems
  • Perform hands-on bench work including soldering, rework, probing, and board bring-up
  • Debug hardware issues systematically and document findings
  • Support schematic and layout work from fabrication through testing and iteration
  • Review schematics, layouts, and BOMs with teammates
  • Collaborate on system integration and hardware-firmware cross-boundary debugging

What they're looking for

  • PCB design using Altium or similar tools (schematics and layout)
  • Soldering and component rework
  • Oscilloscope and signal probing
  • Power electronics and motor control experience
  • Microcontroller or embedded systems programming
  • Robotics hardware or sensing systems knowledge
  • Strong analog and digital circuit fundamentals
  • Technical documentation and problem-solving
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Human Computer Lab

Human Computer Lab is a robotics startup building LeLamp, an expressive consumer robot designed to be responsive and lifelike. The company is hiring ML engineers, controls engineers, and electrical engineers to develop the intelligence systems, motion control, and hardware that bring the robot to life from research through production deployment.

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Likely interview questions

  • Walk us through a hardware project where you went from schematic to a working PCB. What was your role, and what debugging challenges did you face?
  • Describe your experience with Altium (or similar EDA tools). Have you done full schematic capture and layout, and what design trade-offs did you consider?
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