Founding Hardware Engineer
About the Role
Join an early-stage consumer AI hardware team as its Founding Hardware Engineer. You will own the hardware from the next board revision through production, helping develop a compact wearable for private interaction with computers. The device is at the prototype stage, and your work will shape its reliability and path to manufacturing.
What You'll Do
Improve PCB layout and optimize power, RF performance, size, reliability, and cost.
Validate board revisions on real hardware through bring-up and real-world testing.
Guide the device from prototype toward production, including design for manufacture, testing, supplier coordination, and assembly.
Identify hardware risks early and resolve issues during development and manufacturing.
Own hardware decisions and the quality of finished units.
What We're Looking For
Hands-on experience personally designing PCBs that shipped in a real product.
Experience taking hardware from prototype to production, or strong early-career fundamentals and demonstrated ability to work quickly with AI tools.
Ability to
