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About the Role

This is the most senior engineering hire on the team, responsible for the complete technical architecture of a connected consumer electronics platform. You will ensure the integration of power electronics, embedded firmware, wireless communication, cloud infrastructure, and end-user applications into a unified product.

Responsibilities

• Define and enforce interfaces across all system boundaries, from MCU firmware to end-user applications.
• Ensure the system functions as a unified product, not a collection of subsystems.
• Lead design reviews and make cross-functional trade-off decisions.
• Drive technology selection, balancing custom solutions with off-the-shelf options.
• Collaborate with electrical and mechanical engineers on hardware architecture decisions.
• Ensure firmware architecture supports OTA updates, fault recovery, and diagnostics.
• Own the regulatory strategy and ensure the design meets compliance requirements (UL, FCC, etc.).
• Manage Bill of Materials (BOM) and supply chain risks, including component lifecycle and cost.
• Define the cloud services layer, including device provisioning, telemetry, and data pipelines.
• Architect data models and APIs for consumer-facing applications and support tools.
• Design the end-to-end security and privacy model for the platform.
• Champion cross-functional workflow practices and own the DevOps infrastructure (CI/CD, build systems, test automation).
• Evaluate, onboard, and technically direct contract and full-time engineers.
• Set technical standards and ensure integration of work from distributed contributors.
• Shape the permanent engineering organization as the company grows.

Requirements

• 8+ years of professional engineering experience spanning embedded systems, power electronics or analog hardware, IoT/connected devices, and cloud services.
• Deep fluency in MCU-based systems (ARM Cortex-M or equivalent), real-time firmware design, peripheral integration, and hardware abstraction layers.
• Working knowledge of power conversion topologies, thermal management, sensor front-ends, and mixed-signal design.
• Experience with IoT security, including device identity, secure boot, TLS/DTLS, key provisioning, and encrypted OTA pipelines.
• Experience architecting cloud infrastructure for device fleets (AWS IoT, Azure IoT, or equivalent).
• Hands-on experience taking a hardware product through regulatory certification (UL, FCC, CE, or international equivalents).
• Experience in early-stage companies, owning technical decisions with limited resources.
• Ability to distinguish between critical day-one architecture decisions and those that can be iterated.
• Strong cross-disciplinary communication skills to translate between product intent and engineering constraints.

Skills

• Embedded Systems
• Firmware Development
• Power Electronics
• Analog Hardware
• IoT/Connected Devices
• Cloud Services
• System Architecture
• Interface Contracts
• Technology Selection
• Hardware-Software Co-Design
• Regulatory Compliance
• BOM Management
• Supply Chain Risk Management
• Cloud Architecture
• API Design
• Security Architecture
• Privacy Architecture
• DevOps
• CI/CD
• Build Systems
• Test Automation
• Team Development
• ARM Cortex-M
• Real-time Firmware
• Hardware Abstraction Layers
• Interrupt Priorities
• Memory Maps
• Power Conversion Topologies
• Thermal Management
• Sensor Front-ends
• Mixed-Signal Design
• Device Identity
• Secure Boot
• TLS/DTLS
• Key Provisioning
• Encrypted OTA
• Threat Modeling
• Device Fleet Management
• AWS IoT
• Azure IoT
• UL Certification
• FCC Certification
• CE Certification
• Cross-disciplinary Communication

Experience Level

• 8+ years of professional engineering experience

Salary/Compensations

• 180,000 - 200,000 USD per year

About the Company

• We are building a multi-component hardware platform where the quality of the experience depends entirely on the integration between physical devices, local intelligence, and cloud services.
• The product surface is wide, the reliability bar is absolute (this is a product people live with daily), and the margin for “it mostly works” is zero.