Advisor: Hardware Engineer

Reporting to the CEO, we’re looking for an experienced hardware engineer to join us part-time as a technical advisor on secure access solutions and improvements. You’ll bring deep, practical experience, and you’ll be comfortable giving direct feedback on 3rd party designs.

What you’ll do

• Serve as our hands-on hardware expert and technical reviewer and advisor

• Represent Good2Go in technical discussions with our hardware manufacturing partner to proactively propose solutions and keep projects moving

• Evaluate and select door locking hardware and supporting electronics

• Review designs and architecture for power, wiring, reliability, availability and cost

• Guide certification and compliance planning

• Define and run hardware testing and validation

• Write/edit clear specs and acceptance testing plans

• 5+ years in embedded or hardware product development, ideally in access control, electronic locks, and/or IoT solutions

• Hands-on experience with electric latches, strikes, or maglocks, and a solid grasp of fail-safe versus fail-secure design

• Experience with cabinet, locker, or gate locking hardware, including locks that tolerate misaligned or heavily used enclosures

• Experience with credential readers, including QR or barcode scanners, and common protocols (Wiegand, OSDP over RS-485, or similar)

• Hands-on experience with access control controllers and panels, and with provisioning, configuration, and firmware updates (offline and online capabilities)

• A track record of hitting tight per-unit cost targets and managing a bill of materials

• Strong low-voltage and power-failure design instincts

• Comfortable working alongside manufacturers and engineering teams

• Clear written communication, able to explain hardware tradeoffs to non-tech colleagues.

• A practical mindset from real-world, high volume installs, in retail or commercial environments

Nice to have

• Experience with contract manufacturers or OEMs

• Mobile App/Web-app integration

• Knowledge of US electrical code and low-voltage installation practice

• Familiarity with product certification (UL, FCC, or similar)

• Part-time, about 5 hours per week, 100% remote, with a weekly call with our manufacturer during US business hours

• Contract, 3 months to start, potential to extend

• Pay: Commensurate with experience

Good2Go is a San Francisco-based IoT and SaaS technology company providing businesses with secure, automated mobile access solutions. We’re on a mission to provide frictionless access to the products and services customers want with their smartphones. We’ve helped businesses automate access to vulnerable areas such as restrooms, fitting rooms and locked merchandise while deterring theft, vandalism, and misuse. With 10+ issued patents, we are exceptionally positioned to become the world’s most trusted mobile access solution.