Head of Engineering

About the Role This is a pivotal technical leadership role at an early-stage wearable sensing and robotics startup. As Head of Engineering , you will own the full technical execution of a body-worn sensing platform — from architecture through shipping — while leading a distributed team of specialists across India and San Francisco. You will make consequential design and integration decisions across power systems, sensor synchronization, firmware, and mechanical domains every week, with direct impact on both product quality and underlying model capabilities. This role is based in India (on-site) , with regular travel to San Francisco, CA, USA (approximately one week per month). What You'll Do Own technical execution of a body-worn sensing platform from architecture through production shipping. Lead and coordinate a distributed team of hardware specialists across India and the US. Make design and integration decisions across power systems, sensor synchronization, firmware/embedded Linux, and mechanical structure. Define and maintain the complete hardware system architecture so all subsystems — mechanical, electrical, and firmware — integrate into a coherent wearable product. Translate product requirements into clear, actionable engineering briefs for the remote team. Review and critique mechanical designs with engineering justification focused on wearability and durability. Debug firmware and system issues using schematics, logic analyzers, and serial logs. Shape hiring criteria and interview processes to grow team capability over time. Take hands-on ownership of meaningful systems from day one and measure your impact on product and model capabilities. What We're Looking For Dealbreakers — you must have all of the following: US citizenship or valid US visa (required; no sponsorship available). 6–10+ years of hardware engineering experience building wearable devices, robotics, motion capture systems, or field-deployed hardware. Hands-on, first-principles power systems