Firestorm Labs
Staff Electrical Engineer, Design
$165K–$190K
San Diego, United States · On-site · Staff · Full-time · Posted Oct 30, 2026
- Experience
- Minimum 5+ years designing and releasing electrical hardware for products that have shipped, flown, operated in the field, or otherwise seen real-world use.
- 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
Develops and integrates electrical hardware for aircraft, from circuit and PCB design through testing, validation, and flight test.
What you'll do
- Own full-cycle hardware development, including modeling, schematic capture, prototyping, testing, and validation.
- Design embedded control electronics and multilayer, HDI, flex, and rigid-flex PCBs; support board bring-up and system integration.
- Investigate hardware issues, produce engineering and harness documentation, and coordinate with vendors and cross-functional teams.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering, physics, or a related technical field.
- 5+ years designing and releasing electrical hardware used in real-world products.
- Strong fundamentals across analog, digital, mixed-signal, power, sensing, and communication circuits; proficiency with industry-standard EDA tools.
- Working knowledge of PCB layout, signal and power integrity, grounding, EMI/EMC, thermal behavior, and manufacturability.
Nice to have
- Experience with avionics, aerospace, drones, robotics, automotive electronics, satellites, or other high-reliability hardware.
- Familiarity with signal integrity simulation and analysis tools; experience with listed interfaces, communications, or battery systems.
Pay
$165,000 - $190,000 USD base salary
Tools
Altium Designer, Cadence Allegro/OrCAD, Altium Harness Designer, CAN, UART, SPI, I2C, Ethernet
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