Firestorm Labs
Staff Electrical Engineer
$165K–$190K
San Diego, United States · On-site · Staff · Full-time · Posted Aug 12, 2026
- Experience
- 10+ years in electrical engineering, with a focus on avionics, UAV systems, or similar industries.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering, physics, or a related technical field.
- Visa sponsorship
- U.S. Person status (Citizen or Permanent Resident) required due to ITAR regulations.
About the job
Leads hands-on development, integration, verification, production readiness, and fleet support of avionics hardware for Group 2 UAS across multiple launch modalities.
What you'll do
- Lead avionics architecture and design, including schematic and PCB development, bring-up, testing, troubleshooting, and iteration.
- Direct aircraft-level integration, root-cause investigations, and system verification and validation.
- Coordinate technical decisions and hardware delivery across engineering, manufacturing, suppliers, and other stakeholders.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering, physics, or a related technical field.
- 10+ years in electrical engineering focused on avionics, UAV systems, or similar industries.
- Strong hands-on knowledge of analog and digital circuit design, PCB design, and avionics systems; experience developing and validating safety-critical electromechanical systems.
- U.S. Person status (Citizen or Permanent Resident) required due to ITAR regulations.
Nice to have
- Experience with safety-critical, human-in-the-loop systems or products used in extreme environments.
- Knowledge of embedded software protocols, avionics design standards such as DO-254 and MIL-STD-810, or analog, digital, RF, and power PCB layout.
Pay
USD 165,000 - USD 190,000 (base salary)
Tools
Group 2 UAS, SPI, ADCs, DO-254, MIL-STD-810
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