Founding Embedded / Hardware Engineer - AI Startup

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.)
• Build embedded systems in C (and optionally Rust) for real-time, power-efficient operation
• Create Python-based tooling for hardware testing, data capture, and internal diagnostics
• Collaborate with AI and modeling teams 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, or related field and at least 5 years of professional experience
• Significant experience writing embedded C/C++ or Rust in real-time environments
• Strong familiarity with debugging tools such as oscilloscopes and logic analyzers
• Proven track record bringing up and shipping custom hardware products
• 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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