Principal, Hardware Engineer

- Track record taking systems the full development cycle from prototype through manufacturing and deployment

- Senior IC or technical leadership background at hardware companies that actually shipped

- Deep technical judgment across at least two of: mechanical, electrical, power electronics, embedded systems

- Pattern recognition from having built real systems before, especially systems that had to survive real-world conditions

- Comfort operating as the technical anchor on a small team, not the manager of a large one

- Defense or aerospace program experience with MIL-STD or equivalent qualification

- Founder or founding engineer background at a hardware company

- Manufacturing depth as-in you've stood up production lines or worked closely with the manufacturers who do

This role requires access to export-controlled information or items that require U.S. Person status. As defined by U.S. law, individuals who are any one of the following are considered to be a U.S.

Person: (1) U.S. citizens, (2) legal permanent residents (a.k.a. green card holders), and (3) certain protected classes of asylees and refugees, as defined in 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3).