Build the Future of Industrial Safety

Audyse is reimagining industrial safety with AI-powered smart PPE that enables clear communication, real-time awareness, and live telemetry in the world’s harshest environments. As our first hardware developer, you won’t just design boards, you’ll own the hardware stack, bring prototypes to life in the lab, and ensure they perform reliably in the field.

This role is hands-on and cross-functional: you’ll work closely with the CTO, firmware developers, and product team to turn ideas into real products that customers can trust.
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What You'll Do

As a Founding Hardware Developer at Audyse, you will:

• Design and iterate on schematics and PCB layouts for compact, industrial-grade IoT headset.
• Conduct lab bring-up, debug boards, and validate hardware functionality.
• Build test setups and collect data to inform hardware and firmware design decisions.
• Collaborate with firmware, software, and product teams to ensure seamless integration.
• Participate in field testing and data collection to verify real-world performance.
• Help define hardware architecture, component selection, and trade-offs for performance, power, and cost.
• Support early manufacturing, including DFM/DFA feedback, test fixtures, and production programming.
• Influence product direction through hands-on prototyping and experimentation.

We value strong judgment, ownership, and problem-solving. Experience matters, but how you think and deliver matters more.
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What You Need

• Strong experience in hardware design for production IoT or embedded devices
• Hands-on with schematic capture and PCB layout tools (Altium, KiCad, or similar)
• Lab experience: oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, multimeters, JTAG/SWD, bench testing
• Experience with mixed-signal systems (analog/digital, ADC/DAC, sensors)
• Understanding of power systems, battery management, and low-power design
• Comfortable performing field testing, data collection, and troubleshooting in real-world environments
• Startup mindset: thrive on ownership, ambiguity, and speed
• Ability to take hardware from prototype → validated production with minimal oversight

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Bonus If You Have

• RF or wireless experience (BLE, LTE, antenna matching)
• Audio system design experience or experience with MEMS sensors
• EMC/EMI testing and mitigation experience
• Test fixture design or production programming experience
• Experience with regulatory compliance or industrial products

Don’t meet every bullet but excited about what we're doing? Apply anyway. Many excellent candidates don’t tick every box and we are looking for team players with talent.

Interview Process

We’ll ask about real-world hardware challenges, including:

• Boards or systems you owned end-to-end, from schematic to production
• Lab bring-up and debugging stories, including failures and solutions
• Field testing experiences and how you translated data into design decisions
• Situations where you optimized for power, reliability, or manufacturability under constraints
• Times you learned new hardware tools or techniques under pressure

We care about how you think and solve problems, not just what’s on your resume.

Benefits

• 💰 Competitive salary + equity (your success is tied to ours!)
• 🏥 Health and Dental Insurance
• 🗓️ Flexible PTO
• 🏡 Hybrid Work Environment

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