AI-First Systems Lead: Firmware, Hardware & Mech

American Innovations, Ltd.; Austin, Northern (TX, KY); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision

Life and Disability Insurance

Paid Family Leave

401k Matching

Collaborative work environment

Environmentally conscious culture

Job summary

American Innovations in Austin, TX seeks a Senior Manager - Firmware and Hardware Engineering to lead a small, senior team across firmware, electronics, and mechanical engineering.

You will set system-level standards, drive AI-first practices, and balance strategic guidance with hands-on technical direction while avoiding critical-path bottlenecks. This player-coach role emphasizes architecture, integration, and field readiness with ownership for system performance and measurable improvements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in electrical/computer engineering or related field.
• 10+ years shipping embedded products with firmware expertise.
• 2+ years as a people manager or tech lead of a small hardware/firmware team.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership across firmware, electronics, and mechanical engineering to ship an integrated system.
• Champion an AI-first design framework across hardware, firmware, and mechanical work.
• Set and uphold firmware architecture, coding practice, and field-release hygiene while guiding schematic, bring-up, packaging, DFM and CM decisions as system decisions.

Skills

Firmware engineering

Leadership

AI design

Embedded systems

Schematic reviews

System design

HIL/CI

Education

Bachelor's degree in EE/CE/CS

Tools

ECAD tools

HIL testing

Job description

American Innovations in Austin, TX seeks a Senior Manager - Firmware and Hardware Engineering to lead a small, senior team across firmware, electronics, and mechanical engineering.

You will set system-level standards, drive AI-first practices, and balance strategic guidance with hands-on technical direction while avoiding critical-path bottlenecks. This player-coach role emphasizes architecture, integration, and field readiness with ownership for system performance and measurable improvements.