Head of Electrical & Embedded Systems

About Us

Were Queue the worlds first fully autonomous robotic pharmacy. We go from sealed wholesale bottles to filled verified prescription vials with zero human involvement.

We built Queue because no one should ever have to wait in line for the medicines they need. One in three US pharmacies has shut down. Pharmacists are overworked to a breaking point. And patients are paying the price. Queue fixes that. Pharmacists get to practice pharmacy again counseling patients catching interactions doing the work only they can do. And patients get their prescriptions in 60 seconds or less any time anywhere.

Were backed by over $18 million from Alleycorp Riot Ventures Ubiquity Ventures House Capital and others who believe the pharmacy system is broken and that robotics can fix it. Queue was founded by Nick Desai (6x founder previously CEO of Heal) and Joshua Liu (previously Tesla Waymo and Zipline).

About the role

• Build manage and grow the electrical and firmware engineering organizations

• Gather and prioritize inputs from lead customers on product requirements and incorporate them into the engineering plans

• Collaborate with the CTO and other engineering directors on the overall engineering development strategy

• Establish robust design review and release processes as well as quality of work metrics to set the standard for engineering rigor

• Guide the embedded system development by setting the milestones processes communication practices and ways of working among multiple teams

• Own responsibility for delivery of all electrical and firmware deliverables within the company and to interested stakeholders e.g. investors customers and executives

Required Qualifications

• Deep expertise spanning 12 years in firmware and electrical engineering including 5 years spent scaling and leading high-performing teams

• Proven history of navigating complex electromechanical systems from initial architecture through high-volume manufacturing

• High technical density across the hardware stack with the clarity to resolve architectural ambiguity and define technical roadmaps

• Mastery of balancing rapid iteration with rigorous engineering standardsreviews test specs and disciplined project execution

• Obsession with talent density: a demonstrated ability to identify hire and mentor world-class engineering talent

• Exceptional cross-functional fluency having built tight feedback loops with mechanical software and product organizations

• Comprehensive understanding of the electrical and embedded ecosystem: from power electronics and PCB design to real-time protocols and Linux integration

How We Hire

1. Recruiter Screen: (30 min)

2. Manager Interview (45 min)

3. Technical Interview: (60 min)

4. Leadership Interview: (60 min)

What We Offer

• Early-stage equity in automated pharmacy dispensing at scale

• Direct impact your work helps put medication safely in patients hands

• Small team zero bureaucracy high trust

• Work directly with a CTO

• Hard problems: distributed systems safety-critical software regulatory compliance real-time hardware integration

Compensation & Benefits

• Competitive salary

• Meaningful early-stage equity

• Health 401(k) unlimited PTO

Why Join Us Now

• Impact & Growth

  • Direct Patient Impact: Your work will improve healthcare outcomes for millions of patients

  • Market Leadership: Ground-floor opportunity to define an entirely new category of healthcare technology

  • Technical Innovation: Work on genuinely novel problems at the intersection of AI robotics and healthcare

  • Career Acceleration: High-visibility role with significant growth potential as the company scales

• Team and Culture

  • World-Class Team: Work alongside exceptional engineers AI researchers and healthcare experts

  • Direct Access: Report directly to the CTO/Co-founder with significant autonomy and influence

  • Innovation Focus: Culture that prioritizes breakthrough thinking and rapid experimentation

  • Mission-Driven: Team united around the goal of transforming healthcare through technology

Our Values

• Servant Leadership: Make those around you better. We serve our teams the way Queue serves communities: 4000 pharmacies close each year and deserts are spreading - were here to reverse that.

• Do the Hard Things: Healthcare hardware and company-building are all hard. We do them anyway. Convenience for us is life-changing for those we serve.

• Own Your Work: Be accountable; take pride in what you ship. Queue lives and dies by what you do - own it fully.

• Default is Now: Theres never a better time than today. Default to action: what can we prove learn or simplify right now

Contact: If you have any questions please contact us at

Required Experience:

Director