Founding Hardware Engineer

Department: Engineering

Location: San Francisco

Employment Type: FullTime

About the Role

Join an early-stage consumer AI hardware team as its founding hardware engineer. You will own the device hardware from the next board revision through production, helping create a compact wearable for private interaction with computers.

What You'll Do

• Improve PCB layout, power, RF performance, size, reliability, and cost.

• Advance the device from prototype toward production, including design for manufacture, testing, supplier coordination, and assembly.

• Identify and resolve risks during hardware bring-up, real-world testing, and manufacturing.

• Own hardware decisions and the quality of finished devices.

What We're Looking For

• Typically 2 to 7 years of hardware engineering experience, including individual-contributor experience or a strong early-career foundation.

• Personal experience designing PCBs that shipped in a real product, ideally a compact wearable, IoT device, or consumer electronic product.

• Prototype-to-production experience, or strong fundamentals and demonstrated ability to work quickly with AI tools.

• Hands-on capability across PCB layout, power, RF, testing, suppliers, and assembly.

• Interest in taking ownership across design, validation, and manufacturing; experience in the specific product domain is not required.

Compensation & Benefits

Base salary is $70,000 to $80,000 USD annually. Visa sponsorship is available.

Location

On-site in San Francisco, United States. Candidates willing to relocate are welcome.