Founding Hardware & Embedded Engineer - Maritime Sensing

Scion Staffing, Inc.; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Base salary up to $150k

Equity 1-1.5%

Ownership in product development

Startup environment

Job summary

Scion Staffing, Inc. has been engaged to conduct a search for a Founding Hardware & Embedded Engineer for our partner, an early-stage technology company developing rugged industrial sensing solutions for demanding real-world environments.

This is a direct-hire, onsite position in San Francisco, California. The Founding Hardware & Embedded Engineer will help build, test, and improve rugged sensing hardware designed for deployment in maritime environments.

Qualifications

• Two years of hands-on hardware development experience.
• Bachelor’s degree completed or in progress in Electrical/Electronic/Robotics related field.
• Experience designing schematics and PCBs, bringing projects to working hardware.
• Experience with embedded systems, firmware, and sensor integration.
• Ability to assemble, wire, solder, troubleshoot and bench-test electronic devices.
• Knowledge of power regulation, connectors, and enclosure integration.
• U.S. citizenship or lawful permanent resident status required for government/defense work; related experience a plus.

Responsibilities

• Assemble, wire, solder, test, and prepare sensor systems for customer pilots.
• Own hardware development lifecycle: schematic capture, PCB design, component selection, assembly, bench testing.
• Integrate accelerometers, thermal cameras, IMUs, and sensors with microcontrollers and embedded platforms.
• Develop and update firmware for ESP32 and Raspberry Pi platforms.
• Troubleshoot field issues and improve hardware using performance data.
• Develop new sensing systems and contribute to autonomous maritime vehicle prototypes.

Skills

Hardware development

Embedded systems

Firmware development

Sensor integration

PCB design

Schematic capture

Power regulation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field

Tools

ESP32

Raspberry Pi

Job description

Scion Staffing, Inc. has been engaged to conduct a search for a Founding Hardware & Embedded Engineer for our partner, an early-stage technology company developing rugged industrial sensing solutions for demanding real-world environments.

This is a direct-hire, onsite position in San Francisco, California. The Founding Hardware & Embedded Engineer will help build, test, and improve rugged sensing hardware designed for deployment in maritime environments.