Design, develop, and deploy rugged wearable camera hardware: own full-cycle PCB design, hardware-firmware-software integration, ensure IP67+ durability and drop survival, prototype and validate electrical systems, enable real-time edge VLM inference on neural accelerator chips, and collaborate with hardware, mechanical, and embedded teams.
About Ironsite
Construction is one of the most complex and labor-intensive industries, spending $7 trillion annually on labor, but productivity losses cost $1.6 trillion per year due to outdated management tools.
Ironsite is building wearable hardhat and body cameras that capture egocentric video which feed into our VLMs to analyze what's actually happening on job sites. This captured footage builds the groundwork for Spatial Intelligence: foundation models for physical work at scale.
We help teams reduce labor costs, improve safety, and deliver projects faster. To date, we’ve captured 50,000+ hours of construction footage across 7 states and have recently partnered with the nation’s #2 hard-hat manufacturer, Studson, to develop custom hardware purpose-built for the field.
We’ve raised over $13M from 8VC, South Park Commons, and 30+ leading operators and technologists, including Eric Glyman (Ramp), Jeff Dean (Google), and Scott Wu (Cognition). Now, we’re building the team to scale nationwide.
We are seeking a skilled Electrical Engineer to own the full hardware stack, with a focus on PCB design, to build devices that survive harsh environments and fuel our platform.
What You'll Do
As an Electrical Engineer at Ironsite, you will be responsible for the design, development, and deployment of our custom hardware. This role is essential for capturing the high-quality, real-time egocentric video necessary to train our large vision models.
- Design and Development: Own the full-cycle PCB design for our wearable hardhat and body cameras, from schematic capture to layout, using Altium Designer or comparable tools.
- Hardware Integration: Work on hardware-firmware-software integration.
- System Hardening: Design devices with extreme durability in mind, ensuring they meet IP67+ ratings and survive 6-foot drops with multi-year lifespans.
- Prototyping & Testing: Conduct rigorous testing and validation of electrical systems, ensuring real-time VLM inference can run effectively on neural accelerator chips on edge devices.
- Collaboration: Work closely with the Head of Hardware, Mechanical/Design, and Embedded Systems teams to deliver a world-class, integrated product.
What You'll Bring
We are seeking an engineer ready to solve hard problems and build scalable technology for an industry poised for massive modernization.
- Expertise in PCB Design: Deep experience with Altium Designer (or comparable tools) for multi-layer PCB layout, component selection, and design-for-manufacturability (DFM).
- Hardware Ownership: Proven ability to own the full stack of hardware-firmware-software integration in a product development setting.
- Durability Focus: Experience designing devices with IP67+ ratings that survive 6-foot drops.
- Technical Excellence: Background in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or a related technical field.
Why Join Ironsite?
- World-Class Team: Join a 20-person team with technical leaders from companies like Tesla (Optimus), DeepMind (Gemini), Etched (transformer ASIC), NVIDIA, Meta, Humane, Google, and General Radar.
- Impact and Scale: Construction is one of the world's largest and least digitized industries, and the economic impact of modernization is massive. We help teams cut costs, improve safety, and finish projects faster.
- Data Moat: We have captured 20,000+ hours of first-person job site footage to-date and are scaling to 2.5M hours in 2026.
- Traction and Funding: We have raised over $10M in seed funding since inception in 2024 and secured a partnership with Studson (#3 Largest Hard Hat Manufacturer in US) for distribution.
The base pay range for this role is $150,000 – $300,000 per year.
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