About the Role
Join a recently funded founding team as its first hardware engineer, taking a prototype device from concept through production. You will own the hardware journey, from board design and manufacturing through quality assurance, and help deliver a reliable product at scale. Your technical decisions will directly shape the product customers receive.
What You'll Do
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Iterate on PCB revisions, optimizing layout, power delivery, RF performance, size, reliability, and cost.
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Move hardware from prototype toward production by addressing design for manufacturability, test strategy, supplier selection, assembly logistics, and scaling challenges.
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Identify and communicate risks early, using practical experience to help prevent costly mistakes.
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Own hardware quality and the standards applied to every unit that ships.
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Work directly with the founding team to build and ship the product.
What We're Looking For
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Experience designing PCBs that have shipped in a real product, ideally in wearables, IoT, or consumer electronics.
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Experience taking a device from prototype to production, or strong early-career fundamentals and the ability to move quickly with AI tools.
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Hands-on skills in PCB layout and optimizing power, RF performance, size, reliability, and cost.
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Comfort with design for manufacturability, test design, supplier management, and assembly processes.
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Ability to anticipate and communicate manufacturing and scaling challenges; specific domain expertise is not required.
Compensation & Benefits
Visa sponsorship is available.
Location
On-site in San Francisco, California, United States.
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