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The Wave is how we do it - the hardware that lives in the cockpit, captures flight data, and streams it to the cloud in real time. You're building the next generation of that device.\nAbout the role\nThis is a founding hardware role. You own the entire physical product - from bare-metal architecture through PCB design, ruggedized enclosure, embedded firmware, environmental certification, fleet deployment, and cloud integration. This is Version 2 of the Wave, and you are the definitive technical voice for every decision that shapes it.\nThe device has to survive cockpit environments - heat, vibration, RF noise - while continuously streaming high-bandwidth audio and telemetry over wireless networks without dropping a frame. It has to be deployable across hundreds of aircraft and manageable as a fleet. It has to meet certification standards for operating in aircraft. And it has to be built fast, because Navi is already live at flight schools and the U.S. Air Force and demand is accelerating.\nIf you thrive in high-autonomy environments and love building mission-critical edge devices that work in the real world - not on a bench - this is your role.\nWhat you'll do\nLead the end-to-end technical design of Navi's next-generation edge compute node - architecture, component selection, PCB layout, and mechanical enclosure\n\nBuild hardware that is ruggedized for cockpit environments - thermal, vibrational, and environmental stress - and optimized for continuous wireless data transmission\n\nArchitect real-time data pipelines for processing and streaming high-fidelity audio and complex telemetry from the edge to the cloud with minimal latency\n\nOwn the hardware validation lifecycle - environmental testing, quality assurance, and securing regulatory and industry-specific certifications for hardware operating in aircraft\n\nDevelop and oversee embedded firmware and edge processing logic - real-time operating systems, on-device compute, and fleet-wide OTA update infrastructure\n\nGuide the architecture of live cloud-based telemetry dashboards to ensure seamless data ingestion and real-time visibility from deployed devices\n\nCollaborate with software and ML engineers to ensure the hardware captures exactly what the intelligence layer needs to generate automated debriefs\n\nAbout you\n7+ years of experience in systems engineering, embedded edge compute, or connected hardware development - with a track record of bringing a complex device to market, not just prototyping one\n\nDeep understanding of electronics design - PCB schematics, microcontrollers, wireless communication modules (cellular, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth)\n\nExperience collaborating with industrial or mechanical designers to build ruggedized enclosures that survive challenging thermal, vibrational, and environmental conditions\n\nStrong proficiency in embedded C/C++ or Python for edge applications, with experience running RTOS or embedded Linux\n\nFamiliarity with edge-to-cloud architecture, device fleet management, and building scalable live data infrastructure\n\nHands-on experience navigating rigorous hardware certification processes and environmental testing standards\n\nYou own projects end to end in ambiguous, fast-moving environments - and you ship\n\nNice to have\nExperience with edge processing and lossless streaming of high-bandwidth data - real-time audio, complex signal processing, or continuous telemetry\n\nBackground building hardware for aviation, defense, or other safety-critical regulated industries\n\nFamiliarity with avionics data formats, cockpit audio systems, or aircraft electrical environments\n\nWhy this role matters\nEvery piece of intelligence Navi generates starts with the Wave. 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Come in with a hypothesis, throw it away when the data says otherwise. Ego has no place here.\n\nIntensity with focus. We work hard because the mission demands it. 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