Senior Electrical Engineer

Position: Senior Electrical Engineer I
Join Axon and be a Force for Good.

At Axon, we’re on a mission to Protect Life. We’re explorers, pursuing society’s most critical safety and justice issues with our ecosystem of devices and cloud software. Like our products, we work better together. We connect with candor and care, seeking out diverse perspectives from our customers, communities and each other.

Life at Axon is fast-paced, challenging and meaningful. Here, you’ll take ownership and drive real change. Constantly grow as you work hard for a mission that matters at a company where you matter.

Your Impact You will contribute to Axon’s product line as part of the Axon Robotics team (formerly Sky-Hero). We are building career-defining, next-generation Drones and Robots to help reach our Moonshot: cut gun-related deaths between police and the public by 50% in 10 years.

As an Electrical Engineer, you’ll contribute to advance Axon’s mission to Protect Life, by designing and prototyping electronic boards and systems for Mission-Critical robots like UAVs, UGVs, etc.

EDA tools include Altium Designer and Cadence OrCAD/Allegro. Using your knowledge and creativity you’ll solve challenging problems in Electronics Engineering, and you’ll design, assemble and debug electronics boards and prototypes, being a force of proposal in our R&D process.

What You'll Do

Location:

Scottsdale, Arizona

Reports to:

Director of Engineering Participate in research and development of our next generation products

Design schematic, PCBs, test, verify prototypes and assist the Firmware and Software Engineering Teams in bringing up new boards

Design and build custom test systems for measuring the performance of our electronics systems

Test and measure boards, multi-board assemblies and electronic components such as batteries, motors, etc.

Support manufacturing and follow up designs when changes are required due to component obsolescence or unavailability

What You Bring Bachelor’s degree in Electronics Engineering, Electrical Engineering or equivalent6+ years of industry-leading electronics design experience with emphasis on designing densely populated, tightly packaged, battery-powered embedded systems.

A passion and curiosity for designing Embedded Electronics systems

Comfortable using test equipment such as DMM, oscilloscope, spectrum analyzer

Excellent hands-on skills: able to assemble board prototypes with lab equipment

Excellent all-round electronics knowledge, from analog to digital

Proficient doing multi-layer PCB layouts and/or rigid-flex designs

Awareness of EMC and signal integrity issues and best practices as they relate to PCB design

Knowledge of at least one EDA package:
Altium Designer and/or Cadence OrCADKnowledge of the C and Python programming languages for test firmware development

Passion for Drones and Robots English proficiency required, French and or Dutch are a plus

Any experience with the following is a plus:

BLDC motors and motor controllersEMC compliance and certificationCE/RED and FCC legislation

Embedded Linux Benefits that Benefit You Competitive salary and 401k with employer match

Discretionary paid time offPaid parental leave for all Medical, Dental, Vision plans

Fitness Programs Emotional & Mental Wellness support

Learning & Development programs

And yes, we have snacks in our offices

Benefits listed herein may vary depending on the nature of your employment and the location where you work.

Don’t meet every single requirement? That's ok. At Axon, we Aim Far. We think big with a long-term view because we want to reinvent the world to be a safer, better place. We are also committed to building diverse teams that reflect the communities we serve.

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