Senior Embedded Electronics Engineer: PCB + Firmware

We’re looking for a senior, hands‑on Electronics Engineer to design and ship embedded AI reference systems and evaluation kits built around our accelerator SoCs. These systems are reference and demonstration platforms rather than full consumer products, so they will be intentionally tight in scope, quick to iterate, and focused on showcasing specific technical capabilities.

You will join a small growing embedded systems team (currently two engineers) and own projects end‑to‑end. You’ll regularly work across system architecture, PCB design, firmware, bring‑up, validation, and debug, so specialization is not critical. You will also work closely with silicon, ML, compiler, and business teams, and will participate in customer technical discussions and external design reviews.

• Design embedded AI reference and demo platform hardware end‑to‑end using our AI SoCs (system architecture, schematic, layout, fab, assembly, bring‑up, validation).
• Develop firmware and drivers for our EVKs and demo platforms.
• Build internal test and validation platforms for hardware and firmware releases.
• Support customer hardware and firmware designs through technical reviews and debug support.
• Participate in cross‑functional design reviews involving firmware and silicon interfaces.
• Translate customer feedback and field issues into concrete design improvements.
• Manage low‑volume, quick‑turn production of your designs.
• Own projects independently and deliver customer‑facing embedded systems.

• Experience independently shipping multiple embedded hardware systems you personally designed and brought up.
• Strong embedded C/C++ skills and experience writing firmware and drivers for microcontroller‑based bare‑metal systems.
• Experience designing for extremely power‑constrained systems (1 mW is a lot of power to us).
• Experience with ARM Cortex‑M and RISC‑V microcontrollers.
• Experience with board‑level serial interfaces: I2S, I2C, SPI, QSPI, PDM, UART.
• Experience with mixed‑signal and audio hardware design (ADCs, DACs, mic/speaker paths, codecs).
• Proficiency with lab bring‑up and debug tools: logic analyzers, oscilloscopes, debuggers, power analyzers.
• Experience with unit testing, integration testing, regression testing, and hardware‑in‑the‑loop testing.
• Ability to independently own projects and deliver production‑quality results.
• PCB rework, microsoldering, and hardware repair skills.
• Comfort working in a startup environment with evolving priorities.

• Contributions to open‑source hardware or firmware projects.
• Experience as an applications engineer.
• Experience with Python and Github Actions for test and automation.
• Experience with proprietary Bluetooth audio SoCs (OnSemi, Airoha, BES, Qualcomm, etc.).
• Familiarity with AI inference accelerators or embedded AI systems.
• Experience with Xilinx SoC / FPGA tool chains.
• Experience designing custom file formats for efficient AI model and firmware storage.
• Experience with JLCPCB for quick‑turn PCBA.
• Basic 3D design and 3D printing skills (for enclosures).

• 401(k)
• Medical insurance
• Vision insurance
• Dental insurance
• Commuter benefits
• Disability insurance
• Paid maternity leave
• Paid paternity leave
• Child care support

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AI is an equal opportunity employer committed to a diverse workforce which strives to create an inclusive working environment empowering everyone to do their best work. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, ethnicity, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.