Founding Firmware Engineer

Omi AI

• $120K — $180K *
Consumer Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years experience in firmware development
  • Proven track record of shipping products used by over 1M users
  • Experience writing firmware for a minimum of 1000 devices
  • Demonstrated ability to innovate and build impactful technology
  • Strong foundational knowledge in C and firmware for Nordic chips

Responsibilities

  • Own the firmware development for Omi devices
  • Integrate external devices into the Omi ecosystem
  • Contribute to shaping product direction and technical stack
  • Collaborate closely with the founding engineer daily
  • Lead technical decisions and guide company culture

Benefits

  • Equity in the company
  • Full ownership over technical direction
  • Opportunity to work on pioneering AI hardware
  • Contribute to a highly innovative product loved by users
  • Chance to impact how people interact with AI in daily life
Full Job Description
Hi, I'm Nik. I'm looking for a world-class founding firmware engineer to build Omi with me.
  • Omi is AI for your real life.
  • Think: wearable memory, voice-first interface, the reverse iPhone.
  • In the past 10 months, we've:
    • Grown to 300K software users
    • Hit 100M+ organic video views
    • Built 3 working hardware devices


Now I'm ready to go deeper - and I need you.

What You'll Do

As the first firmware engineer, you'll:
  • Own firmware for omi devices
  • Hack other devices to integrate them with omi ecosystem (i.e. apple watch, meta glasses, etc...)
  • Help shape product direction, technical stack, and even culture
  • Work directly with me every day - we'll build and launch together

This is not a "here's what to do" job - this is "what should we do next?"

What I'm Looking For

Someone who's built and shipped something impressive. For example:
  • Wrote firmware for 1k+ devices
  • Or Built a product used by 1M+ people
  • Or built something with >$1M revenue
  • Or raised >$1M as a founder / solo builder
  • Or deeply technical + insanely fast - even if early in your journey

You don't need to check every box - but one really strong signal is enough.

Tech Stack (so far)
  • Flutter (might move to React soon)
  • Python / Flask
  • Firmware: C, Nordic chips
  • BLE


Why This Might Be the One
  • You'll get lots of equity and full ownership over technical direction
  • Work on actual AI hardware, not just apps
  • Build something that people already love - and want more of
  • Help people think and live better with ambient, embodied AI

Let's make humans 1000x smarter with AI by 2026.
Let's make robots help in every apartment by 2028.
Let's create the metaverse

II personally check every candidate!
If I didn't respond, something was off. 🥲

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