Senior Electrical Engineer – Wearable Audio Devices (Early-Stage Startup)
Onsite – Boston, MA
We’re working with an early-stage, venture-backed startup developing breakthrough wearable audio technology. As they move from early prototypes toward production, they are now looking for a Senior Electrical Engineer to join the founding team and take a leading role in building next-generation audio wearable products.
About the Role
This is a high-impact, hands-on engineering role where you will work directly with the founders to design, develop, and scale cutting-edge wearable audio hardware. You’ll have significant ownership from day one and will be expected to operate independently in a fast-moving, highly technical environment.
You will be responsible for taking products from early concept through to production, with a strong focus on high-volume consumer wearable audio devices, ensuring performance, reliability, manufacturability, and cost efficiency at scale.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Lead electrical design and development of wearable audio hardware systems end-to-end
- Work directly with founders to define technical direction and product architecture
- Own schematic capture, PCB design, prototyping, and validation
- Drive hardware from early-stage prototypes through to mass production
- Collaborate with firmware, mechanical, and acoustics partners to deliver integrated products
- Ensure robust design for manufacturability (DFM) and design for test (DFT)
- Troubleshoot complex hardware issues across development and production phases
- Engage with external suppliers and manufacturing partners as required
What We’re Looking For
- Strong experience in consumer electronics or wearable audio hardware products
- Proven track record delivering products into high-volume manufacturing
- Deep understanding of analog and digital circuit design
- Experience with compact, low-power embedded systems
- Exposure to Bluetooth/audio systems highly desirable
- Comfortable working independently in an early-stage startup environment
- Strong execution mindset with the ability to take ownership without heavy structure
- Thrives in ambiguity and fast-paced product development cycles
Why Join?
- Work directly with the founders and have real influence over product direction
- Join a small, elite team building category-defining audio technology
- High ownership, high impact role with minimal bureaucracy
- Opportunity to take a product from concept to global scale
- Onsite collaboration in Boston with a deeply technical founding team
If you are interested, please reach o.archer@x4lifesciences.com
