Head of Hardware

CYVL is a Physical AI company on a mission to bring Infrastructure Intelligence to every city town and community on the planet. We help governments plan build and maintain the physical infrastructure that people depend on every day roads sidewalks bridges utilities and more better than ever before.

We pioneered an end-to-end approach that combines purpose-built hardware computer vision cloud data pipelines and AI to transform raw LiDAR and imagery into a living structured understanding of the built world. Our platform turns what used to take months of manual inspection into actionable intelligence thats easy for any agency to use saving cities time money and resources across hundreds of communities nationwide.

At CYVL were building toward a future where every piece of public infrastructure on Earth is captured understood and continuously monitored so the agencies responsible for it and the residents who rely on it can make better decisions faster. Thats the power of Physical AI applied to the real world.

Were a fast-moving high-growth team based in Boston MA that believes in solving real-world problems with authenticity simplicity and boldness. Every member of our team is empowered to take ownership deliver results and leave a lasting impact on the communities we serve.

Cyvl is scaling its capture hardware from a hand-built sensor to a contract-manufactured platform and the Head of Hardware owns that transition end to end. You will define and drive the hardware strategy for V5 and the generations that follow take our next-generation sensor from prototype through its first contract-manufactured production run and build the lean team that delivers it. You will own vendor selection the bill of materials supply chain and the contract manufacturing relationship while holding the line on cost quality security and reliability for national deployment across government fleets. This is the role that turns Cyvls hardware bet into the durable foundation for our national infrastructure data layer.

• Own Cyvls hardware strategy and roadmap: platform architecture sensor integration modular design the build-vs-buy posture and the generational roadmap beyond V5.

• Lead vendor selection and BOM component procurement and own all vendor relationships and supply chain timelines through to production.

• Stand up and manage the contract manufacturing relationship engaging the CM partner early and locking the first production run.

• Build and lead a best-in-class lean hardware team delivering rock-solid firmware and an unparalleled hardware UX.

• Drive the scaled BOM cost down to at-scale targets while protecting quality security and reliability for national government deployment.

• 10 years of hardware engineering experience including time leading hardware teams or programs.

• Has personally shipped at least one hardware product at scale from design through high-volume production and into the field.

• Proven track record taking hardware or sensor products from prototype to scaled contract-manufactured production.

• Deep experience owning vendor selection BOM management supply chain and contract manufacturing relationships.

• Experience leading and growing cross-functional hardware teams across embedded firmware electrical and mechanical disciplines.

• Strong systems judgment on build-vs-buy and COTS strategy with a bias toward riding the cost curve rather than moving to custom builds before volume justifies it.

• Hands-on familiarity with sensor stacks (LiDAR cameras GNSS/IMU) and edge compute platforms such as NVIDIA Jetson/Orin.

• Bachelors or higher in electrical mechanical computer or systems engineering or equivalent hands-on experience.

• Experience deploying hardware into government defense-adjacent or otherwise regulated and security-sensitive environments.

• Background in physical AI robotics autonomous vehicles or mobile mapping.

• Familiarity with edge anonymization data pipelines and how capture hardware feeds a downstream data platform.

• Comprehensive health dental and vision coverage

• 401(k) with immediate vesting

• Generous PTO paid parental leave and flexible work options

• Annual professional development stipend

• Team events referral bonuses and a collaborative growth-focused culture

At CYVL the technology we build directly impacts the roads people drive on the sidewalks their kids walk to school on and the infrastructure that keeps communities running. We move fast we care deeply about the work about our customers and about each other. This is a team where trust isnt a talking point its how we operate.

Our values guide how we operate and shape a team that is genuinely RAARE:

Real - authentic transparent focused on solving real problems with simple effective solutions.

All Out - bold driven and committed to delivering results that matter.

Accelerating - always learning growing and moving with intention.

Reliable - we follow through and deliver at a consistently high bar.

Empowering - we lift each other up and help governments build infrastructure they can be proud of.

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Together we stay curious learn quickly and keep raising the bar. If you want to grow make an impact that truly matters and be part of a team thats shaping the future of public infrastructure youll feel right at home at Cyvl.

At Cyvl we welcome diversity in all forms. We do not discriminate based on race color religion sex gender sexual orientation age national origin disability veteran status or any other protected characteristic.

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