Founding Embedded / Hardware Engineer - AI Startup

Jobot; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a stealth-mode AI startup as a Senior Firmware Engineer, where you will lead the development of embedded firmware for innovative hardware solutions. This role offers a unique opportunity to work at the intersection of hardware and AI, contributing to products designed for challenging environments. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless integration of data collection and inference systems. With a competitive salary, equity options, and comprehensive benefits, this position is perfect for those looking to make a significant impact in the tech landscape.

Benefits

Competitive Salary + Equity

Full Benefits (health, medical, dental, vision)

Hybrid Remote Flexibility

PTO

401K

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in building and shipping hardware.
• Expertise in writing embedded code for real-time applications.
• Experience with low-power design and wireless stacks.

Responsibilities

• Lead development of embedded firmware on custom hardware.
• Integrate sensors and communication protocols.
• Collaborate with ML/AI teams for data integration.

Skills

Embedded C/C++

Rust

Real-time Systems

Debugging Tools

Sensor Integration

Firmware-Hardware Integration

Wireless Communication

Education

Bachelor's in Electrical Engineering

Master's or PhD in related fields

Tools

STM32

Oscilloscopes

Logic Analyzers

Python

Job description

Founding Embedded / Hardware Engineer - AI Startup

Founding Embedded / Hardware Engineer - AI Startup

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Base pay range

$180,000.00/yr - $250,000.00/yr

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Job details

Stealth AI Hardware startup is Hiring Senior Firmware Engineer! - IoT / Sensing Systems

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Salary $180,000 - $250,000 per year

A Bit About Us

A stealth-mode, venture-backed AI startup working at the intersection of software and hardware is looking for a Senior Firmware Engineer! This company has already secured capital from top-tier investors including the same backers of OpenAI, Airtable, and Brex. They are building intelligent, real-world products designed to operate in environments where data is messy, constrained, and valuable. This role offers the chance to work at the intersection of embedded engineering and high-impact AI applications. By tightly integrating proprietary sensing hardware with embedded intelligence and advanced modeling, this team is reimagining how data flows from edge systems into decision engines that matter—across industries where reliability, speed, and insight are non-negotiable.



Why join us?

• Competitive Salary + Equity
• Full Benefits (health, medical, dental, vision)
• Hybrid Remote Flexibility
• PTO, 401K, and much more!
  
  

Job Details

Responsibilities

• Lead the development of embedded firmware on STM32-based custom hardware
• Write reliable, low-level code in C and/or Rust to support real-time sensing and control
• Integrate sensors and communication protocols (UART, SPI, I2C, BLE, Sub-GHz, etc.)
• Create Python-based tooling for hardware testing, data capture, and internal diagnostics
• Collaborate with ML/AI to ensure seamless integration between embedded data collection and inference systems
• Contribute to the full product lifecycle
• Bring up new hardware platforms and design firmware to support evolving system requirements
• Collaborate with modeling and software teams to connect hardware data streams with AI inference systems
• Own OTA update systems and device monitoring capabilities for field-deployed units
• Contribute to long-term system design around power, latency, and robustness in edge environments
  
  

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Robotics, or similar; Master's or PhD is a plus
• 5 years of experience and a proven track record building and shipping hardware
• Expertise writing embedded C/C++ or Rust in real-time environments
• Strong familiarity with debugging tools such as oscilloscopes and logic analyzers
• Strong track record building and shipping embedded systems, especially sensor or IoT applications
• Familiarity with firmware-hardware integration, RTOS, and production-grade embedded deployments
• Prior work in startup or high-velocity environments preferred
• Experience with low-power design and wireless communication stacks is a major plus
• Strong plus if coming from companies like Tesla, SpaceX, Palantir, Anduril, or Rivian
  
  

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Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Not Applicable

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Engineering and Information Technology

• Industries

  IT Services and IT Consulting and Software Development

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