So you want 28% of their funding and 2% of their equity?
28% seems high to me but I don't know their circumstances, be ready swap salary for equity (or vice versa) depending on what they can pay.
28% seems high to me but I don't know their circumstances, be ready swap salary for equity (or vice versa) depending on what they can pay.
Either they can meet your compensation requirements, or they can't and you go elsewhere, or you find a compromise if you both want it to work.
If you're a decent engineer who can get things done and out the door to some reasonable professional standard, there are a LOT of elsewheres.
But maybe you're right and it's too much.