Founding Hardware Engineer

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 - Iterate on PCB revisions, optimizing layout, power delivery, RF performance, size, reliability, and cost. - Move hardware from prototype toward production by addressing design for manufacturability, test strategy, supplier selection, assembly logistics, and scaling challenges. - Identify and communicate risks early, using practical experience to help prevent costly mistakes. - Own hardware quality and the standards applied to every unit that ships. - Work directly with the founding team to build and ship the product. WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR - Experience designing PCBs that have shipped in a real product, ideally in wearables, IoT, or consumer electronics. - Experience taking a device from prototype to production, or strong early-career fundamentals and the ability to move quickly with AI tools. - Hands-on skills in PCB layout and optimizing power, RF performance, size, reliability, and cost. - Comfort with design for manufacturability, test design, supplier management, and assembly processes. - 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.