Firestorm Labs
Senior Sustaining Electrical Engineer
$165K–$190K
San Diego, United States · On-site · Senior · Full-time · Posted Aug 26, 2026
- Experience
- 3+ years of professional experience developing or sustaining complex electrical hardware; level determined by experience and scope of ownership.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field.
- Visa sponsorship
- Must be a U.S. Person as defined by applicable U.S. export control laws and regulations.
About the job
Owns and improves released electrical hardware across production, field support, and end-of-life, from design changes and troubleshooting through validation and lifecycle documentation.
What you'll do
- Design electrical changes and troubleshoot hardware at the circuit or component level; investigate failures and implement validated corrective actions.
- Manage sustaining work, including ECR/ECOs, configuration documentation, verification testing, component substitutions, and production or field support.
- Coordinate with engineering, manufacturing, quality, supply chain, suppliers, and other teams to improve product reliability, manufacturability, serviceability, and cost.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field.
- Strong hands-on lab and debugging skills using standard electrical test equipment.
- Familiarity with hardware configuration control, ECR/ECO workflows, PLM systems, and released-product documentation practices.
- Strong fundamentals in analog, digital, and power electronics, with demonstrated experience owning full-cycle PCB development.
Pay
$165,000 - $190,000 (dependent on experience level) (base salary)
Tools
PCBAs, PLM systems, ECR/ECO, analog, digital, power electronics, DFM/DFT, EMC
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