Their funding isn't your problem. Either they can meet your compensation requirements, or they can't and you go elsewhere, or you find a compromise if you both

Their funding isn't your problem. 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.