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The Role
Owns released electrical hardware across its lifecycle, including PCB and system-level changes, troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, ECR/ECO execution, configuration control, verification testing, component qualification, production support, and field sustainment. The role drives improvements in reliability, manufacturability, testability, serviceability, cost, and electrical integration while collaborating with engineering, manufacturing, quality, supply chain, support, software, mechanical, test, and suppliers.
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Who We Are
At Firestorm, we’re on a mission to revolutionize how defense solutions are designed and delivered. Our goal is to empower U.S. ally nations to effectively deter aggressors—regardless of their defense budget—through innovative, cost-efficient technologies. We call this vision “democratized deterrence.” As a VC-backed company at the intersection of defense and Silicon Valley, we’re pioneering the development of mission-adaptable aerial vehicles that put power back into the hands of operators. By prioritizing operator effectiveness, we’re pioneering a new era of aerial vehicle design. We aim to upend the traditional defense procurement model by delivering world-class capabilities at a fraction of the usual cost. Join us at Firestorm as we redefine defense procurement, making cutting-edge technology accessible to all at a fraction of the cost.
About the Role
The Sustaining Electrical Engineer owns released electrical hardware throughout the product lifecycle, spanning PCB and system-level design, production scaling, field support, and continuous improvement. The focus is keeping products reliable, manufacturable, testable, serviceable, and cost-effective as they scale and evolve in the field.
This role is ideal for an engineer with strong technical judgment and hands-on problem-solving skills who enjoys taking ownership of complex hardware and driving ambiguous problems through validated solutions. This position may be filled at the Senior or Staff level based on experience, technical depth, and demonstrated scope of ownership.
- Design and implement electrical changes across schematics, PCBAs, power distribution, wiring, interfaces, and supporting hardware.
- Own electrical sustainment of released products from production ramp through field support and end-of-life, serving as a key technical point of contact for electrical integration.
- Troubleshoot PCBAs, electronic assemblies, wiring, power systems, and integrated hardware down to the component level across production and fielded systems.
- Drive root-cause investigations for production, test, and field failures and implement corrective and preventive actions through analysis, design changes, and validation.
- Own ECR/ECO execution and maintain released design documentation and configuration control within PLM systems, including schematics, BOMs, wiring diagrams, drawings, test procedures, and configuration records.
- Define and execute verification, regression, and reliability testing for sustaining changes, alternate components, and product improvements.
- Support production and NPI transitions by addressing test failures, yield issues, assembly risks, manufacturability, testability, and electrical integration challenges.
- Evaluate component substitutions, obsolescence, and supplier-driven changes, and own the technical qualification of alternate parts and materials.
- Drive electrical system tradeoffs across size, weight, power, EMC, reliability, manufacturability, and integration constraints, including high-power components and distribution architectures.
- Partner with Product Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, Supply Chain, Customer Support, firmware, software, mechanical, test, and suppliers to improve product quality, reliability, serviceability, and cost.
- Contribute to design reviews and drive continuous improvement across the released product portfolio.
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field.
- 3+ years of professional experience developing or sustaining complex electrical hardware; level will be determined based on experience and scope of ownership.
- Strong hands-on lab and debugging skills using standard electrical test equipment, with the ability to isolate failures to the circuit or component level.
- Familiarity with hardware configuration control, ECR/ECO workflows, PLM systems, and released-product documentation practices.
- Working knowledge of DFM/DFT, hardware reliability, production test, and the considerations required to transition and sustain hardware at scale.
- Strong fundamentals in analog, digital, and power electronics, with demonstrated experience owning full-cycle PCB development.
- Strong technical communication and cross-functional collaboration skills, with the ability to manage ambiguity and multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
- Must be a U.S. Person as defined by applicable U.S. export control laws and regulations.
- Base salary: $130,000 - $145,000
- Equity: Meaningful equity grant in a growth-stage defense technology company
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field
- 3+ years of professional experience developing or sustaining complex electrical hardware
- Strong hands-on lab and debugging skills using standard electrical test equipment, including circuit- or component-level failure isolation
- Familiarity with hardware configuration control, ECR/ECO workflows, PLM systems, and released-product documentation practices
- Working knowledge of DFM/DFT, hardware reliability, production test, and hardware transition and sustainment at scale
- Strong fundamentals in analog, digital, and power electronics, with experience owning full-cycle PCB development
- Strong technical communication and cross-functional collaboration skills, with the ability to manage ambiguity and multiple priorities
- Must be a U.S. Person as defined by applicable U.S. export control laws and regulations
Firestorm Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Firestorm and has not been reviewed or approved by Firestorm.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is described as comprehensive across medical, dental, and vision, with company‑paid life/AD&D and short‑ and long‑term disability plus optional hospital indemnity, critical illness, and accident insurance. Tax‑advantaged accounts and mental‑health resources are also highlighted.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time off includes “unlimited PTO” and an unusually generous holiday calendar that features a year‑end hiatus. Generous parental leave is also called out.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Multiple postings list explicit salary ranges for roles across engineering, operations, and field positions, and internship hourly rates are published. These disclosures provide clearer expectations on cash compensation for many candidates.
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The Company
What We Do
We are building the future of modular, open-source architectures supporting the Department of Defense requirements to create Affordable Mass. Firestorm is redefining military expectations for on-site modularity to support the widest array of mission areas.
