Founding Engineer - AI / Firmware

Job Description

This Jobot Job is hosted by: Sydney Weaver

Salary: $160,000 - $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 Founding Engineer to join its small, mission-driven team. This company has already secured capital from top-tier investors including the same backers of OpenAI. They are building intelligent, real-world products designed to operate in environments where data is messy, constrained, and valuable. If you’re excited by low-level systems, machine learning, and seeing your code come to life on a physical device—this is the opportunity to own the full engineering lifecycle.

Why join us?

Great Benefits, Growth Opportunity, Great Culture, PTO, 401K, and much more!

Job Details

You’ll join as one of the first engineers and help shape both the product and the culture of the company. This startup is solving complex problems involving real-time sensor data, edge computing, and production-grade ML—blending Firmware embedded systems with modern software architecture. You’ll work directly with the founding team to architect, build, and deploy systems that interact with real-world environments. This role is ideal for someone who has meaningful experience shipping products end-to-end and thrives in high-ownership, low-bureaucracy environments.

Responsibilities

Build systems capable of ingesting, processing, and acting on real-world sensor and time-series data

Deploy and maintain machine learning models in production, both in the cloud and at the edge

Design and implement APIs and backend services to support hardware-software integration

Optimize systems for low-latency and low-power scenarios where data throughput is limited

Collaborate cross-functionally with hardware, product, and data science

Help define technical strategy and make foundational architectural decisions

Take products from prototype to scale, including manufacturing, firmware integration, and post-deployment support

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree and at least 5 years of professional engineering experience (startup experience preferred)

Experience with firmware/hardware and working with sensor data

Proficiency in backend programming, APIs, and solid understanding of both SQL and NoSQL databases

Hands-on experience with cloud platforms and version control systems such as Git

Proven track record of building and deploying systems that interact with real-world sensor or time-series data

Hands-on experience developing and shipping a hardware product through its full lifecycle

Experience working with embedded systems or low-power, edge-computing devices

Strong problem-solving skills and a collaborative, startup-ready mindset

Jobot is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We provide an inclusive work environment that celebrates diversity and all qualified candidates receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

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Full-time