Hardware Tech Lead

Arcus Search; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 270,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Direct line to leadership

Name on patents

Job summary

Arcus Search in San Francisco is supporting an AI robotics startup opening its first US office and seeks a Hardware Tech Lead to join the founding team.

You will design a wearable headset packed with cameras and sensors, guiding the product from prototype to thousands of units in the field.

You will work with overseas factories to ensure build quality and scale, contributing to strategic product decisions and manufacturing timelines.

Qualifications

• Experience bringing hardware products to mass production.
• Circuit boards design and firmware development experience needed.
• Experience coordinating with overseas factories for manufacturing.

Responsibilities

• Lead hardware design from prototype to mass production.
• Oversee board design, firmware development, and testing.
• Collaborate with suppliers and manufacturers to ensure quality and scale.

Skills

Mass production

Circuit design

Firmware development

Tools

PCB design software

Job description

We're supporting an AI robotics company is opening its first US office in San Francisco and it's looking for a Hardware Tech Lead to join the founding team. They are already firmly established but looking to tap into the Bay Area talent pool for it's ability to produce world class Robotics talent.

The role in a sentence - You'll design a wearable headset packed with cameras and sensors, from first prototype to thousands of units in the field.

You might be a fit if you've:

• Taken a hardware product all the way to mass production
• Designed circuit boards and written the code that runs on them
• Worked with factories overseas to get things built right

What's on offer:

a blank sheet, a direct line to leadership, your name on new patents, and a strong salary plus the benefit of being an early joiner, so you can shape the culture and the product.

Think Meta VR Labs or similar, you'll build the wearable tech for humanoids.