First hardware hire at an AI-powered safety company with a major oil & gas contract and industrial pilots launching this summer.

Audyse is building intelligent PPE that restores clear communication and real-time situational awareness in the world's loudest, most dangerous workplaces. Our headsets suppress harmful noise while preserving speech, alarms, and environmental cues, paired with a software platform that gives safety teams live exposure data and actionable insights.

We've already shipped 400 consumer headsets to 16 countries, completed 4 hardware revisions in 12 months, and navigated international manufacturing from Newfoundland. We've secured a major R&D contract and have 5 industrial pilots committed for this summer.

As our first dedicated hardware developer, you'll own the hardware stack. You'll design boards, bring them up in the lab, validate them in the field, and ensure they perform reliably on offshore rigs, factory floors, and vessel decks.
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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

• You're joining a founding team. Your hardware will be on workers' heads this summer.
• Direct access to the CEO and CTO.
• Competitive salary + equity (your success is tied to ours!)
• Flexible PTO
• Hybrid Work Environment

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