Hardware Lead

In the face of rising threats like severe storms and wildfires, increasing pressure on affordability and unprecedented demands for system expansion, Treeswift empowers energy companies to modernize their field work to meet the unprecedented growth and challenges ahead.

To accomplish our mission we deploy our sensors into our customers' field operations, typically on backpacks or vehicles. The resulting LiDAR and imagery data is processed through our AI models to deliver actionable analytics through our web platform. To date, our technology has enabled utilities to reduce wildfire, regulatory and outage risk from vegetation, avoid delays and cost overruns in new construction, and accelerate recovery from severe storms.

In just a year and a half since our first utility pilot we are working with three of the five largest utilities in the United States and rapidly expanding across new customers and use cases. To tackle this challenge we are bringing together a team of mission-driven experts from with deep industry experience in robotics (UPenn, Caltech, CMU) and enterprise software development (Palantir, Stripe, Oracle).

We have raised from leading investors including Penny Pritzker’s Inspired Capital. We hope you’ll join us on this journey.

As Hardware Lead you will play a crucial role at a pivotal point for Treeswift.

• Lead the design and scale-up of the Treeswift hardware devices (backpack and vehicle-mounted Swift packs). You will have the opportunity to take a proven platform to the next level of scale and shape Treeswift’s hardware design and development processes. You’ll lead initiatives in DFM, DFA, reliability, and testing, establishing the frameworks and standards that will guide the team as we grow. You’ll tackle the unique challenges of field-deployed hardware to ensure our systems deliver a reliable and seamless experience for arborists and other operators.

• Chart the path forward on hardware development. Bringing AI to field work requires continued innovation on the hardware front – the Swiftpack is just the beginning and you will have an opportunity to innovate from the ground up over the next few years on new product lines.

• Build an outstanding team of mission-driven engineers. You will support and build a team of exceptional, mission-driven engineers and enable them to do the best work of their careers  will take the lead on hiring and growing this team in partnership with company leadership.

• Foster a culture of high ownership and relentless curiosity. At Treeswift, curiosity drives how we approach problems, and high ownership drives how we approach execution. We are looking for someone who leads by example in this regard, and creates an organization in which these values continue to thrive as we grow significantly. We are are looking for someone who is excited to be hands-on with technology in the early days to build credibility and familiarity, but can also step back and guide a team strategically as it grows.

• Collaborate closely with software, product, customer and sales teams. Our product spans hardware deployed outdoors, to a user on their cellphone, to a manager in the office. Execution on that vision requires solutions to be interdisciplinary and product-oriented.

• Get up to speed on the current state of the business and technology of Treeswift. This ramp-up will enable you to identify primary near-term objectives for the existing hardware (backpack and vehicle device) to support the company's growth in 2026.

• You are comfortable overseeing the ongoing execution of the current hardware team (one hardware engineer and several technicians) and any new hires.

• You have formed an opinion on priority hiring needs and launched those searches. You will have support from a recruiter and other team members, but will be responsible for identifying roles to hire for and be a hiring manager on the roles.

• You have successfully hired and onboarded the most critical roles necessary for the hardware team.

• You have delivered on (at least one) major redesign and ramp-up project (could be vehicle mount, could be…