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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Senior Hardware Engineer - **Company:** Seeing Systems (YC W26) - **Location:** UK - **Experience:** Expert - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Board Bringup, Artificial Intelligence, Altium Designer, C++ (Programming Language), Software Debugging, Electronic Design Automation, Ethernet, Firmware, Systems Architecture, Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter, USB, Serial Peripheral Interface, Rf Circuits - **Published:** September 10, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.collegerecruiter.com/job/2840599456-senior-hardware-engineer ## About the Role * A track record of taking hardware from blank page to manufactured units that work in the field, or a portfolio of personal builds that proves you can do it. * Strong PCB design skills in Altium or KiCad. * Deep grounding in analog, digital, and power electronics. * Real RF/wireless design experience. * Comfortable with the gap between "works on the bench" and "works at range in the field." * Bias toward shipping. * Comfortable getting outside and testing in the real world with us., * Defence, aerospace, or UAV industry experience. * Personal experience building and flying drones, robots, or other unmanned systems. * Embedded work with STM32-class MCUs and protocols such as SPI, I2C, UART, USB, CAN, and Ethernet. * Long-range RF protocols and link budget analysis. * Analog and high-speed digital video design. * C/C++ firmware for board bring-up and diagnostics. * DFM, DFT, and EMI experience. * Startup or founding engineer experience. ## Description You will own hardware at Seeing Systems from first schematic to flying systems in the field. That means designing the electronics and the physical systems around them: flight controllers, motor drivers, RF circuits, power systems, sensor boards, payload boards, frames, enclosures, mounts, packaging, and ground station hardware. You'll take ownership of the whole stack and turn blank-schematic ideas into reliable products that work outside the lab. This is a founding hardware role. You won't just design boards - you'll own them through bring-up, flight testing, iteration, and production. You'll help define the modular architecture we scale from, so every new platform builds on the last instead of starting over. You'll work directly with Alex on hardware architecture, set technical direction, and grow into the leader of the hardware team as we scale., * Build the physical system around the electronics: enclosures, mounts, thermal solutions, airframe integration, and ground station hardware. * Own RF and wireless subsystems: telemetry, video downlink, and command & control, including antenna integration and range testing in poor conditions and optimise for high-interference electronic warfare environments. * Define system architecture and translate block diagrams into functional products. * Work with manufacturers and suppliers on cost, yield, reliability, and manufacturability. * Use AI tools to accelerate design, firmware, and debug. * Help define engineering culture, tools, and the hardware team behind you. ## Related Videos - [Prototyping with Hardware and the Web](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/651-prototyping-with-hardware-and-the-web) - [More efficient software for more efficient microchips](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1164-more-efficient-software-for-more-efficient-microchips) - [Playing Pong on a shoulder press machine](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100140-playing-pong-on-a-shoulder-press-machine) - [The Gashlycrumb Tinies of AI Networking You Must Know (or Languish!)](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/2067-the-gashlycrumb-tinies-of-ai-networking-you-must-know-or-languish) - [Building a hypercar from scratch](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/607-building-a-hypercar-from-scratch) - [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) - [Is Software Engineering Hard?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/448-is-software-engineering-hard) - [Fully Remote Software Engineer Jobs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/447-fully-remote-software-engineer-jobs) - [Dev Digest 121 - AI goes offline](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/456-dev-digest-121-ai-goes-offline) - [How to Answer the Interview Question: “Why Do You Want to Be a Software Engineer?”](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/392-how-to-answer-the-interview-question-why-do-you-want-to-be-a-software-engineer) - [Where To Find Software Engineering Jobs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/396-where-to-find-software-engineering-jobs)