# Staff/Principal, Hardware Engineer at Aurelius Systems

- Company: Aurelius Systems
- What the company does: Aurelius Systems builds AI-powered directed energy laser defense platforms protecting troops, bases, and infrastructure from UAS drone threats. Backed by General Catalyst.
- Company website: https://aureliussystems.com/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Principal and up
- Location: San Francisco
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $215K to $305K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-08-07
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/aureliussystems/5edc80ed-d3c8-40e8-bfdb-6185d6ceec8b
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/aurelius-systems-staff-principal-hardware-engineer/

## About the role

We need a tenured Hardware Engineer to bring senior technical judgment across Archimedes hardware. You are a highly experienced builder who has seen systems go the full way. From a working prototype to hardware that ships and survives in the field. You've done it more than once. You know where systems break, where teams get stuck, and how to keep both moving.

## What they're looking for

- Deep experience designing and shipping complex hardware systems
- Track record taking systems the full development cycle from prototype through manufacturing and deployment
- Senior IC or technical leadership background at hardware companies that actually shipped
- Deep technical judgment across at least two of: mechanical, electrical, power electronics, embedded systems
- Pattern recognition from having built real systems before, especially systems that had to survive real-world conditions
- Comfort operating as the technical anchor on a small team, not the manager of a large one

Tags: Engineering