1st10 is a boutique recruiting firm that specializes in building early engineering teams. We work with early investors, founders and top engineers to build the best early engineering teams.
This role is with stealth startup:
- Experienced founders building in the AI wearable space (hardware and software)
- Strong financial backing from top tier venture capital firms
- 30-person early engineering team (Google, Discord, Meta, Oculus)
- Offices in SF and Seattle
- Top tier pay, equity and benefits
Responsibilities
- You will contribute to everything embedded including designing the initial prototype through launch, establishing design/development flows, building a team and collaborating closely with electrical, software and ML team members
- You will architect, design, implement and test embedded software running on a variety of platforms from low power MCUs to mobile SOCs
- You will contribute to hardware design, bring up and debug through part selection, interface definition, driver development, bring up and debug tooling development and support
- You will work with the team to innovate in the areas of embedded ML, communication/compression, power management and intelligent sensing
- You would have autonomy and high growth prospects as part of the early team
Requirements
- Experience working independently in high ambiguity environments
- 5+ years of experience owning and delivering software for complex embedded systems
- Mastery of C/C++, Python, Linux and firmware build & debug tools
- Experience shipping and supporting a complex product including custom sensors, real time compute, HMI, and custom batteries
- Experience in one or more of the following: Android/Linux, Zephyr/FreeRTOS, DSP/ISP, Bluetooth, Wifi, Ethernet, USB, MIPI
- Excellent written & verbal communication skills
- BS or MS in EE, CE, CS or equivalent
Desired/Preferred
- Experience with wearable electronics, computer vision, audio or IOT applications
- Experience with CI/CD infrastructure
- Experience with machine learning frameworks & deployment
