This is not just another role This is Day 1 If you want safety and predictability keep your current job If you want to build a global system that rewires how the world moves this is your call The Mission We don t accept gridlock as inevitable Traffic is not a force of nature - it s a solvable physics problem We T I G E R are a patent-pending 202521082226 pre-seed deep-tech startup building the nervous system for mobility to solve the traffic problem once and for all We are not hiring an employee We are bringing on an owner Your Mandate The Soul of the Firmware As our Founding Firmware Architect you are the single source of truth for the device s intelligence You will be partnered with our A-Player Hardware Architect who will deliver a world-class custom hardware platform into your hands Your mission is to breathe life into that hardware architecting a resilient production-grade embedded system that will serve as the bedrock of our entire company Architect and build bulletproof firmware in C C using ESP-IDF and a Real-Time Operating System RTOS like FreeRTOS Your architecture will be the gold standard for a complex multi-threaded low-power IoT device Work hand-in-hand with our Hardware Architect to define system requirements co-design the system for performance and lead the firmware side of a seamless board bring-up Build a secure and fail-protected FOTA update pipeline with rollback protection This is a non-negotiable Day 1 requirement Be pathologically obsessed with low-power optimization using deep sleep duty cycling and intelligent peripheral management to maximize battery life Be the first firmware leader in the company Your standards for quality security and documentation will define our software engineering culture for the next decade Who You Are The A-Player Firmware Profile You have 5 years of professional experience taking complex real-world embedded IoT products from concept to production You are a master of the modern IoT stack You don t just know ESP-IDF and FreeRTOS you have architected complex multi-threaded low-power applications with them You are an expert at the hardware-software interface You can read a datasheet in your sleep you live and breathe the world of oscilloscopes and logic analyzers and you have a proven track record of bringing up new custom hardware You have a security-first systems-level mindset You have implemented secure boot flash encryption and robust OTA pipelines in a commercial product You are a first-principles thinker who is energized by uncertainty and thrives on the immense responsibility of a founding role You ve turned down comfortable high-paying jobs before because the mission wasn t big enough The Offer Your Stake in the Mission Equity First This is the primary compensation We are offering a significant founder-level equity stake 2-4 Your upside is in ownership of what we build together Salary A competitive pre-seed salary designed to cover your burn rate We are all sacrificing short-term cash for a life-changing outcome If you are optimizing for salary this is the wrong company Ownership Not Employment From Day 1 you will be a builder of the company not a cog in a machine Your voice will shape our product culture and strategy Immediate Start We are moving at maximum velocity You must be able to join within 7 days We are offering a seat on the rocketship we are not offering a safety harness The risk is total the reward is a legacy Apply accordingly Job Type Full-time Pay 950 000 00 - 1 200 000 00 per year Benefits Work from home Experience Embedded software 5 years Required ESP32 5 years Required License Certification Bachelors in Engineering Required Work Location Remote

📌 Founding Firmware Architect (India)
🏢 Tigermind AI
📍 India