Founding Engineer

Getclera; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

Solderable is hiring a Founding Engineer in San Francisco to build the core AI-assisted PCB design tooling and EDA automation platform from ground up. You will own tooling, manufacturing pipeline integrations, and platform-wide challenges with a startup mindset.

You will work closely with the founding team on product direction, technical strategy, and rapid iteration to ship features that matter to customers in electronics manufacturing.

Qualifications

• Experience shipping hardware or physical products end-to-end.
• Hands-on PCB design or embedded systems work.
• Strong craft with coding in C/C++, Rust or Go.

Responsibilities

• Build AI-assisted PCB design tools and EDA features.
• Integrate hardware production pipelines and workflows.
• Own full-stack platform problems from backend to tooling.
• Collaborate with the founding team on product direction and tech strategy.
• Ship rapidly and iterate based on user feedback.

Skills

Embedded systems

C/C++

Rust

Go

GitHub presence

Algorithms

Systems design

Job description

About the Role

You'll be a Founding Engineer at Solderable, building the core AI-assisted PCB design tooling and EDA automation platform from the ground up. This is a software-first role with deep hardware roots—you'll own everything from the design tools themselves to manufacturing pipeline integrations and whatever else the business needs. Raw engineering talent and a genuine interest in electronics are what matter most.

What You'll Do

• Build AI-assisted PCB design tools and EDA automation features that ship to users.
• Integrate manufacturing pipelines and manage the full hardware-to-production workflow.
• Own full-stack problems across the platform, from backend systems to user-facing tooling.
• Collaborate closely with the founding team to define product direction and technical strategy.
• Ship fast, iterate based on user feedback, and solve whatever blockers come up.

What We're Looking For

• Prior experience shipping a physical or hardware product end-to-end.
• Hands-on PCB design, schematic review, KiCad experience, or embedded systems work.
• Demonstrable craft obsession—active side projects, strong GitHub presence, or personal hardware builds.
• Embedded systems or low-level programming experience in C, C++, Rust, or Go.
• Startup or founder experience; comfort with ambiguity and wearing many hats.
• Strong software engineering fundamentals—algorithms, systems design, and data structures.