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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Technical Co-Founder / Founding CTO - **Company:** Axon Enterprise, Inc. - **Location:** United States (Remote available) - **Experience:** Expert - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Computing Platforms, ARM Architecture, C++ (Programming Language), Cloud Computing, Communications Protocols, Computer Engineering, Linux on Embedded Systems, EtherCAT, Firmware, Machine Learning, Micro Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS), Modbus, OPC Unified Architecture, Schematic Capture, Signal Processing, Toolchain, Large Language Models, Feature Extraction, Code Restructuring - **Published:** July 10, 2026 - **Apply:** https://arc.dev/remote-jobs/j/redirect/p3hn3sjjv9 ## About the Role · Production embedded development in C/C++: Production-grade industrial microcontrollers - ARM Cortex-M class hardware. You have taken a design from bring-up through manufacturing. Dev board experience alone is not sufficient. · Signal processing: FFT, spectral feature extraction, vibration analysis from MEMS accelerometers and IMUs. You know what a vibration signature tells you and how to extract meaningful features from noisy real-world data. · Embedded ML / TinyML: You have deployed quantized models on resource-constrained hardware. You understand the trade-offs between model size, inference latency, and accuracy at the edge. · Software ownership: You can independently own, extend, and refactor a production-grade software codebase. This is full-stack technical responsibility, not feature work. · Embedded Linux and edge compute: Hands-on experience with NVIDIA Jetson-class or equivalent edge GPU compute platforms for the gateway layer., · Schematic capture and layout for mixed-signal sensor hardware. You have designed boards and had them manufactured - not just assembled reference designs. · Experience shipping a certified industrial IoT or industrial automation product (CE, FCC, UL, IEC 61508 awareness) · Background in condition monitoring, predictive maintenance, or vibration analysis in an industrial context · Familiarity with industrial automation equipment and the environments it operates in · Experience with on-device / local LLM inference on constrained edge hardware · Knowledge of industrial communication protocols - Modbus, OPC-UA, EtherCAT · Experience raising a seed or pre-seed round alongside a technical product, Bachelor's degree minimum in Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics, Robotics, Computer Engineering, or a closely related field. Master's or PhD in condition monitoring, structural health monitoring, signal processing, or embedded systems is a strong plus - but demonstrated shipped product experience outweighs academic credentials at this stage., 4-10 years of relevant industry experience. We are looking for someone who has shipped real hardware into real environments - not exclusively academic or hobbyist projects. The most relevant backgrounds are industrial automation, industrial IoT hardware startups that have completed a full product cycle, or embedded systems companies operating in regulated or harsh-environment industries., · You are primarily a data scientist or cloud software engineer without hands-on hardware and firmware experience · You are looking for a senior engineering salary at this stage rather than an equity-first co-founder arrangement · You want to implement someone else's technical vision rather than own your own ## Description This is not a senior engineer role with co-founder branding attached. This is the real thing. You will be the technical mind of the company - the person who makes foundational architecture decisions, owns the hardware roadmap, and determines how an early-stage platform becomes a product that survives contact with industrial environments. The business co-founder covers business strategy, go-to-market, customer discovery, and fundraising. You own everything technical - architecture, toolchain, and technical hiring as the company grows. You will hold meaningful co-founder equity and shape the direction of the company from day one. If you have ever wanted to build something genuinely new - a system that lives at the intersection of embedded hardware, machine learning, and industrial AI, at a moment when all three are converging - this is that opportunity., You will own the full edge AI stack - from raw sensor signal to intelligent on-device output - and every layer in between: · Hardware architecture: Define and evolve the sensor hardware stack - MCU selection, sensor modalities, enclosure requirements, and the hardware roadmap from current prototype to production-grade product. · Embedded intelligence: Develop firmware for real-time signal acquisition and on-device ML inference - the core of what makes this product work without cloud. · ML pipeline: Own data collection, model design, quantization, and deployment to edge hardware - building a system that learns from real industrial environments. · Edge AI platform: Extend and productize the existing software platform - the diagnostic intelligence layer that turns sensor data into prescriptive maintenance guidance. · Certification and scale: Drive the hardware certification strategy (CE, FCC, relevant industrial standards) and define the architecture that scales from single-asset deployments to full industrial facilities. ## Related Videos - [Optimizing Land-Based Fish Feeding with Node-RED](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/2032-optimizing-land-based-fish-feeding-with-node-red) - [Playing Pong on a shoulder press machine](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100140-playing-pong-on-a-shoulder-press-machine) - [Smart, Connected, Unexpected: The Wild Side of IoT and AI](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1113-smart-connected-unexpected-the-wild-side-of-iot-and-ai) - [Enabling intelligent logistics automation: home-grown Industrial IoT platform at Austrian Post](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/2018-enabling-intelligent-logistics-automation-home-grown-industrial-iot-platform-at-austrian-post) - [More efficient software for more efficient microchips](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1164-more-efficient-software-for-more-efficient-microchips) - [Agent Smith Gets Hardware: Autonomous IoT Hacking From Debug Port to Cloud API](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100258-agent-smith-gets-hardware-autonomous-iot-hacking-from-debug-port-to-cloud-api) ## Related Articles - [How We Built a Worry-Free System That Runs for 10+ Years – And What We’d Do Again](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/751-how-we-built-a-worry-free-system-that-runs-for-10-years-and-what-we-d-do-again) - [Fully Remote Software Engineer Jobs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/447-fully-remote-software-engineer-jobs) - [What’s the Difference between a Junior, Mid, and Senior Developer?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/238-what-s-the-difference-between-a-junior-mid-and-senior-developer) - [Find a Developer Job: 12 Best Job Sites For Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/165-find-a-developer-job-12-best-job-sites-for-developers) - [Where To Find Software Engineering Jobs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/396-where-to-find-software-engineering-jobs) - [Navigating the AI Shift](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/629-navigating-the-ai-shift)