Electronic Product Designer

About Audria

Audria is building the voice-first, always-on AI assistant that runs locally, making it fast, proactive, and private by design. Subtle and human-centered, Audria blends advanced AI with elegant hardware to create truly ambient computing. As an early team member, you’ll help shape not just our product but the future of personal AI, with opportunities to grow into leadership as we scale.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end product development from ideation to manufacturable product.
• Define product form factor, ergonomics, and aesthetics.
• Create high-fidelity CAD, renders, and animations for design validation and external communication.
• Build and iterate prototypes using resin 3D printing to validate ergonomics, usability, and CMF.
• Conduct research and competitive analysis of usability, CMF, and feature direction.
• Apply DFM/DFAM principles, draft angle analysis, and tooling considerations.
• Work directly with vendors and manufacturers to bring concepts into production.
• Develop embedded firmware in C/C++ (Zephyr, FreeRTOS, ESP-IDF (not limited to)) optimized for low-power pipelines.
• Design and validate PCB hardware integration with firmware.
• Implement and tune Bluetooth LE/BLE Audio for seamless communication.
• Build DSP pipelines: PDM/I2S microphones, beamforming, noise reduction.
• Debug and validate with JTAG, SWD, oscilloscopes, and logic analyzers.
• Act as a bridge across firmware, hardware, industrial design, and manufacturing.
• Shape long-term hardware + design strategy as the company scales.

Hard Skills

• Embedded Systems: C/C++, Zephyr RTOS, FreeRTOS, ESP-IDF.
• Wireless communication: Bluetooth LE, BLE Audio.
• DSP: PDM/I2S microphones, beamforming, noise reduction.
• On-device / Edge AI integration (keyword spotting, inference).
• PCB design: schematic review + layout.
• CAD: Rhino, SolidWorks, Fusion 360 (NURBS surface modeling).
• Rendering: KeyShot, Cinema4D.
• Prototyping: Resin 3D printing (Cura, PEO Poly).
• Manufacturing: CMF, DFM/DFAM, draft angle analysis, vendor collaboration.
• Research: market & competitive benchmarking.
• Debugging: JTAG, SWD, oscilloscopes, logic analyzers.
• Git / CI/CD and documentation.



Soft Skills

• System thinking—bridging design, electronics, and AI into one cohesive product.
• Strong visual storytelling & communication across disciplines.
• Balance of creativity and engineering feasibility.
• Problem-solving with practical ingenuity.
• Ownership mindset in a fast-paced startup.