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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Founding Systems Engineer - **Company:** SONIBEL INSTRUMENTS INC - **Location:** San Francisco, CA, United States - **Salary:** $75,000.0 - $140,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Systems Engineering, Audit Trail, Cloud Computing, Cyber Security, Data Transformation, Data Security, Software Debugging, Linux on Embedded Systems, Firmware, Smart Devices, Software Deployment, Software Systems, Systems Architecture, Data Logging, Data Processing, Cloud Platform System, Delivery Pipeline, Reliability of Systems, Backend, Yocto - **Published:** June 23, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=ec1aae55757fac1a ## About the Role Do you have experience in Sensors? ## Description * Own the system architecture across hardware, firmware, edge inference, cloud, security, and deployment workflows * Make architecture decisions across model performance, hardware constraints, cost, reliability, and manufacturability * Architect for the transition from prototype to pilots to repeatable commercial deployment Hardware and embedded systems * Own Sonibel's edge hardware system from sensor input to field-ready deployment * Make hardware decisions across sensors, signal conditioning, embedded compute, power, shielding, mounting, ruggedization, and industrial usability * Validate hardware for weld-shop conditions, including heat, EMI, vibration, cable routing, sensor placement, durability, and field failure modes Firmware, edge software, and ML deployment * Build edge-device software for data acquisition, buffering, preprocessing, model handoff, local inference, and diagnostics * Own the sensor-to-model data path and make on-device ML reliable within latency, memory, and hardware constraints * Work with our CTO, George on ML/edge integration, bridging model requirements with embedded hardware and field deployment constraints Backend, fleet management, and device operations * Build backend and fleet-management systems for deployed devices, including registration, secure data upload, telemetry, logs, remote diagnostics, OTA updates, rollback, and version tracking * Build the edge-to-cloud data pipeline that turns field deployments into usable product and ML feedback * Build deployment and support tools for configuration, calibration, diagnostics, firmware updates, pilot monitoring, and field support Security, cybersecurity, and compliance * Own device, cloud, and data security for industrial deployments, including credentials, access control, encryption, auditability, and safe data handling * Drive hardware compliance for commercial deployment, including electrical safety, EMC/EMI, wireless/connectivity, labeling, documentation, and test readiness BOM, procurement, and manufacturing setup * Own component selection, BOM management, supplier decisions, procurement, and replacement-part strategy * Set up early manufacturing, including vendors, assembly processes, production documentation, test fixtures, calibration, acceptance testing, and QA workflows Field reliability, pilots, and debugging * Make Sonibel's device reliable in real weld-shop conditions, including heat, EMI, vibration, rough handling, poor connectivity, and inconsistent installs * Own customer pilots and high-stakes deployments from install through monitoring, including setup, sensor placement, configuration, debugging, and maintenance * Account for safety-critical installation and failure modes in live welding environments * Build fault detection, recovery, logging, and root-cause debugging workflows for field failures * Debug failures across hardware, firmware, connectivity, data quality, and user workflow in live industrial environments * Work with our CPO, Hooman on hardware reliability, product readiness, and deployment in real industrial environments These will change based on what's working best in the field. Overall, we want someone to own the full arc from MVP to reliable customer deployment. You'll work directly alongside our CPO, Hooman and collaborate with the ML team when needed. The ideal candidate: * Wants to build hardware/software systems that work in the real world, on a shop floor, around welding equipment, inside noisy industrial environments, not just on a bench or in a lab * Cares about reliability, latency, power, memory, cost, and manufacturability and is excited to build around physical and business constraints * Is comfortable moving across hardware, firmware, embedded Linux, backend systems, and field deployment * Can debug failures end-to-end, tracing problems from the physical signal and device behavior through firmware, edge compute, connectivity, cloud systems, and the way customers actually use the product * Thinks in terms of product lifecycle: sourcing parts, managing builds, testing units before they ship, supporting updates in the field, and feeding deployment learnings back into the design * Understands the importance of security and compliance * Is excited to put on a hard hat and learn industrial context onsite to understand what actually happens in the field and get customer feedback * Takes ownership and follows through. You want real responsibility across architecture, implementation, debugging, deployment, and product decisions, not a backlog of small assigned tasks * Bonus points if: * You've deployed hardware in shipyards, fabrication shops, construction sites, factories, robotics cells, or other industrial environments * You've built high-frequency acoustic/vibration acquisition systems where signal quality, sampling, synchronization, and noise mattered * You've deployed and maintained embedded Linux, Yocto architecture designs, or ARM-based edge devices in real customer or industrial environments ## Related Videos - [Valven Atlas: Engineering Intelligence That Delivers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1660-valven-atlas-engineering-intelligence-that-delivers) - [Developing the Backend with Stefan Lingler, CTO at Shpock](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100360-developing-the-backend-with-stefan-lingler-cto-at-shpock) - [Playing Pong on a shoulder press machine](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100140-playing-pong-on-a-shoulder-press-machine) - [Car's are Technology on Wheels - Impact of Software and IT Competence in Automotive](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/780-car-s-are-technology-on-wheels-impact-of-software-and-it-competence-in-automotive) - [Security Pitfalls for Software Engineers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/726-security-pitfalls-for-software-engineers) - [Nest.js - TypeScript in the backend can also be clean](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1033-nest-js-typescript-in-the-backend-can-also-be-clean) ## 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) - [Highest Paying Tech Companies for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/220-highest-paying-tech-companies-for-developers) - [What is Software Engineering?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/289-what-is-software-engineering) - [Software Engineer Career: Things You Should Know](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/143-software-engineer-career-things-you-should-know) - [Dev Digest 138 - Are you secure about this?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/486-dev-digest-138-are-you-secure-about-this) - [How software is steering vehicle technology](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/515-how-software-is-steering-vehicle-technology)