Hardware Engineer (Part-Time, 30 hrs/week | 6 Months)

We're building a wearable AI device from scratch. No bureaucracy. No giant engineering team. Just hard problems, rapid iteration, and shipping. We're looking for a senior undergraduate or master's student who lives and breathes electronics. If you'd rather be at your bench than in a lecture, keep reading. $35/hour, Hybrid, Part‑Time, Stock Options after 6 months, must be ready for intense startup pacing. You’ll be: Designing custom PCBs in KiCad or Altium. Building, soldering, reworking, and debugging prototype boards. Selecting components and laying out production‑ready designs. Bringing up boards, chasing hardware bugs, and making things actually work. Working directly with the founder to iterate fast—sometimes multiple revisions in a week. You should have: Excellent soldering and rework skills (0402/QFN experience is a plus). Experience with ESP32s, MCUs, power systems, sensors, I2C/SPI/UART, audio, RF, or similar. Comfort with oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, multimeters, and debugging hardware. A builder mindset. If something doesn’t work, you figure it out. This is not for you if: You need detailed instructions. You want a slow, structured internship. You prefer meetings over building. This is for you if: You obsess over hardware. You build projects for fun. You move fast, learn fast, and don’t wait for permission. You want to help create a real product that ships. Details: 30 hours/week 6‑month contract In‑person preferred Competitive hourly pay based on experience If you've built impressive hardware projects, include photos, GitHub, PCB designs, or anything you've actually made. We care far more about what you've built than what's on your résumé. #J-18808-Ljbffr Ruck