Strategic Project Lead (PCB & Embedded Design)
micro1
WorldwideremotePosted 1 month ago
Skill Required
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Key highlights
- Base salary: $160,000 – $200,000 USD
- 2+ years in a leadership or project ownership role required
- Equity compensation and performance-based bonuses
- Remote work location
- Comprehensive benefits package including 401(K) match and health insurance reimbursement
Role overview
As a Strategic Projects Lead (SPL) at micro1, you will serve as the primary point of contact for top AI Lab customers, managing a team of Electrical/Electronics Engineering experts to train frontier AI models. This role focuses on domains like PCB design, power electronics, embedded systems, and industrial electronics, ensuring high standards in technical accuracy, data integrity, scalability, and quality. You will oversee the design and execution of workflows for large-scale engineering data pipelines, combining hands-on expertise with leadership to drive complex, cross-functional initiatives and client success.
Responsibilities
- Own projects end to end, ensuring top AI Lab clients are extremely happy.
- Own and manage complex, domain-specific data pipelines, improving efficiency, accuracy, and scalability, particularly across Electrical/Electronics workflows.
- Manage teams of Human Data Managers and Leads reviewing the work of subject-matter experts across PCB design, power electronics, embedded systems, and related domains.
- Communicate directly with top AI Labs on massive, high-impact projects, acting as a trusted technical and strategic partner.
- Work with Human Data Engineers to define, track, and optimize KPIs across expert-driven workflows.
- Provide executive-level insights and updates on key projects, data performance, and operational impact.
Requirements
- Exceptional soft skills and stakeholder management ability, especially when working with senior technical experts and clients.
- Willingness to grind long hours, including weekends if required, in a fast-moving startup environment.
- Strong hands-on background in Electrical/Electronics Engineering, with experience in PCB design, schematic capture, PCB layout, simulation, component selection, and board validation/testing—especially in areas like converters, battery systems, embedded or industrial electronics.
- Experience with tools such as KiCad, SpiceBridge, PCBParts, or similar PCB design and simulation tools.
- 2+ years in a leadership or project ownership role, managing technical teams, driving operational processes, or optimizing complex workflows.
- Proven ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders in a client-facing environment.
Benefits
- Eligibility for equity compensation
- Performance-based bonuses, dependent on role and subject to company policies
- Up to 100% reimbursement for health-insurance premiums
- Paid time off
- 401(K) plan with a company match
- Additional benefits designed to support a high-performing, remote-first workforce
Additional details
- Job Title: Strategic Project Lead (Domain Expert)
- Job Type: Full-Time
- Location: Remote
- micro1 is the end-to-end human data infrastructure behind AGI. Our AI recruiter model is used by frontier AI labs and Fortune 10s to source, vet, and deploy PhDs and professors from the world’s top universities at scale. These experts are placed directly into the training loops of the most advanced AI systems, powering the breakthroughs that move models forward. Our data platform converts their expertise into high-signal training datasets, and our talent management tooling measures, routes, and improves performance at scale.
- micro1 is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender identity), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances.
- If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation during the application process, reach out to [contact info redacted].
- Our hiring process utilizes artificial intelligence tools to assist in candidate screening and assessment. Our AI tools are designed to complement, not replace, human decision-making.
- The information contained in this job posting, including but not limited to role responsibilities, qualifications, compensation, and benefits, is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute a binding offer of employment. micro1 reserves the right to amend, modify, or withdraw any portion of this posting at its sole discretion and without prior notice. All employment decisions are made in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.
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