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We create category-defining products built for the complexities others overlook.\nWe're building HaloBraid, the world's first braid-assist device. It helps stylists finish braids five times faster, flawlessly and gently. This is one of the hardest unsolved problems in robotics, applied to a $270B salon services industry, and integrating computer vision, compliant fiber manipulation, and novel mechanisms.\nBillions of hours are spent braiding hair each year; HaloBraid gives that time back. We're moving from R&D into deployment with salons, and we're backed by leading investors.\nYou will\nOwn the design and development of electrical systems and subsystems for HaloBraid, through pilot builds and production.\n\nDesign, prototype, and validate electronics, including circuit design, schematic capture, PCB layout, board bring-up, and debugging.\n\nDevelop and integrate sensing, motor control, power distribution, and other electronics for a complex electromechanical system.\n\nCollaborate closely with mechanical, firmware, and systems engineers to make architecture decisions and resolve integration challenges.\n\nBuild rigorous test and validation processes, using experiments and data to evaluate performance, reliability, and design tradeoffs.\n\nDesign for manufacturability, cost, reliability, and safety, supporting supplier engagement, pilot builds, and production handoff.\n\nTroubleshoot complex hardware issues, identify root causes, and drive solutions from prototype through production.\n\nYou have\n5+ years of experience designing and developing electronics for physical products, ideally with experience bringing products into production.\n\nStrong fundamentals in analog and digital circuit design, PCB layout, board bring-up, and hardware debugging.\n\nExperience designing electronics for electromechanical systems, including sensors, actuators, motors, and embedded controllers.\n\nProficiency with electrical design tools and hands-on lab equipment, including oscilloscopes, multimeters, and logic analyzers.\n\nA track record of owning electrical designs from initial concept through prototyping, validation, and production readiness.\n\nStrong system-level judgment and the ability to evaluate tradeoffs across electrical, mechanical, firmware, cost, and reliability requirements.\n\nA rigorous approach to experimentation, troubleshooting, and data-driven decision-making.\n\nComfort working in a fast-moving hardware environment where designs evolve through testing and iteration.\n\nDesired Skills & Experience (optional but the more, the better)\nExperience with motor control, motion systems, or precision robotics.\n\nExperience with embedded firmware development in C/C++ and microcontroller interfaces.\n\nFamiliarity with signal processing, feedback control systems, or sensor integration.\n\nExperience with EMC/EMI, electrical safety, and product certification.\n\nExperience with DFM/DFT, PCB assembly, contract manufacturers, and production test development.\n\nExperience developing consumer electronics or other compact, high-reliability electromechanical products.\n\nExperience mentoring engineers or helping establish electrical engineering best practices.\n\nWorking Style\nUser-centric. You want to build things people actually use and love.\n\nLow ego, adaptable, collaborative.\n\nA fast, honest iterator. You learn through testing and user feedback, and you follow through on what you suggest.\n\nDriven by the mission. A hard, unsolved robotics problem that gives millions of people their time back is your idea of a good challenge.\n\nA clear communicator. You can explain complex technical decisions and work effectively across disciplines.\n\nBenefits of Working With Us\n100% medical premium coverage, comprehensive dental and vision benefits.\n\nMeaningful equity.\n\n12 company holidays and unlimited PTO.\n\nOnsite parking\n\nOnsite Work\nThis is an onsite position at our office/lab in Cambridge, MA. You must have authorization to work in the US.\nDon't Meet Every Requirement?\nIf you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align with every single line, we encourage you to apply anyway.\nEqual Opportunity Employer\nWe are an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws. 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