Hardware Engineer

About algo1 algo1 is a VC-backed, stealth-mode startup building behavioural AI for the retail industry. Our platform has been built from the ground up with no legacy systems, no patchwork, just a clean slate and a clear vision. Our mission is to bring the intelligence of modern machine learning directly to the in-store retail experience. Our obsession with grocery retail and the shopper experience sets us apart. If you're excited by the opportunity to transform an experience that touches millions of people every day, you'll feel right at home here. The Role This role reports directly to our COO and works closely with our B2C and B2B Product heads. You'll own our hardware product end-to-end, from today's early units through retail pilots to mass deployment. You'll define hardware strategy from a clean slate, not inherit a roadmap. That means making the calls on form factor, sourcing, manufacturing, certification, and the ramp to scale. What You'll Own - Hardware strategy and roadmap. Define the product from first principles form factor, component selection, and the path from today's early units to scaled deployment. - EVT/DVT/PVT execution. Drive prototypes through engineering, design, and production validation with the discipline that gets a product shipped on time and to spec. - Sourcing and supplier strategy. Select and manage manufacturers, ODMs, and component suppliers. Own the relationships that determine whether we ship on time, at cost, and at quality. - Supply chain and scale-up. Certification, production ramp, logistics, and deployment into live retail environments, including handling the disruption that always shows up. - External design partners. Brief, select, and direct industrial design and hardware engineering contractors, holding them to a standard set by you. - Deployed reliability. Own drop testing, IP ratings, cleaning regimes, and the field durability that consumer-grade retail hardware demands. About You Must Have - Taken product to scale. Shipp