# Head of Hardware Design at Flux

- Company: Flux
- What the company does: Backed by Y Combinator.
- Company website: https://iflux.app
- Type: Startups
- Level: Principal and up
- Location: San Francisco Office
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $245K to $270K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-01-21
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/flux/61343a22-02bf-43a4-b093-c48745624f42
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/flux-head-of-hardware-design/

## About the role

We’re looking for an experienced electrical engineering leader who will own the hardware design practices and guiding principles of our platform. You’ll steer the evolution of our ECAD tool's core capabilities as well as the correctness of our AI Hardware Engineer's system knowledge and design approach. You'll actively partner with product leadership to shape and prioritize AI capability development, evaluation frameworks, and in developing scaled approaches to guide our community to successful PCB projects.

## What they're looking for

- Experience in a larger technical org (e.g., hardware product management or lead EE for critical subsystems at a world‑class company) with a track record of shipping at scale
- On the ground factory and test, mass production, and quality/yield optimization experience. Actively participating in builds and carrying key responsibilities to realize designs at scale
- Prior design‑partner or customer‑facing role (product management, applications, FAEs, field engineering, or cross‑functional liaison) that turned feedback into product wins
- Hands‑on across ECAD platforms , passion for great engineering tools and workflows
- Practical exposure to AI/ML (prompting/evaluation, data curation/labeling, or integrating ML‑assisted design tools)

Tags: Product & Engineering