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Job Summary

This isn't just another hardware role.

A well-funded, pre-seed climate tech startup is seeking a Founding Hardware Engineer to own their edge AIoT platform. You'll lead everything from prototype to deployment and grow into a key technical leader.

This role offers significant, negotiable equity and a chance to shape a product from scratch in the SF Bay Area (hybrid). If you thrive in fast-paced environments and have a background in IoT and embedded systems, let's talk.

location: Palo Alto, California

job type: Permanent

salary: $100,000 - 150,000 per year

work hours: 8am to 5pm

education: Bachelors

Responsibilities

What You Will Do

• Product Development: Lead the end-to-end firmware development for a cutting-edge AIoT device used for predictive monitoring of critical power assets.
• System Design: Translate customer needs into robust firmware architecture and component specifications, collaborating with internal teams and external experts.
• Prototyping & Integration: Build, test, and iterate on firmware and hardware prototypes, managing third-party partners with clear specifications and diligent oversight.
• Testing & Validation: Spearhead all testing, debugging, and system integration efforts, establishing CI pipelines to enable rapid and reliable iteration.
• Deployment & Analytics: Deploy prototypes with pilot users in the field, collect critical data, troubleshoot issues, and feed insights back into the development cycle to continuously improve the product.
• Technical Leadership: Play a key role in shaping the product roadmap, technical hiring, and operational strategy, including supporting supply chain and manufacturing efforts.
  
  

• A degree in Electrical, Computer, or Mechanical Engineering (BS, MS, or PhD).
• 3+ years of professional experience in IoT hardware and embedded system development.
• Proven, hands-on experience with hardware bring-up, debugging, and system integration.
• Demonstrated experience integrating FPGAs with MCUs and other low-power edge compute platforms.
• Proficiency in edge communication protocols (e.g., MQTT, LoRa, Wi-Fi, cellular) and familiarity with wireless compliance and cloud APIs.
• A solid understanding of power management, battery optimization, and sensor integration for IoT devices.
• A collaborative mindset with strong communication skills, comfortable working across hardware and software domains.
• The ability to thrive in an early-stage, fast-moving environment with ambiguity and rapid iteration.
• Willingness to travel up to 25% to customer sites for deployment, testing, and data collection.
  
  

• Experience with Python or embedded scripting for automation and testing.
• Experience implementing ML/AI models on edge devices.
• Knowledge of digital signal processing (DSP) on FPGA/ASIC.
• Familiarity with cloud IoT platforms (e.g., AWS IoT, Google Cloud IoT, Azure IoT).
• Previous experience working in an early-stage startup environment.
  
  

• Embedded Systems Development
• Hardware Bring-Up & Debugging
• FPGA & MCU Integration
• IoT Communication Protocols (MQTT, LoRa, Wi-Fi, Cellular)
• Power Management & Battery Optimization
• Sensor Integration
• System Architecture
• Prototyping
• CI/CD Pipelines
  
  

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Engineering and Information Technology

• Industries

  IT Services and IT Consulting

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