Electrical Engineer: Ownership, Hybrid Role, Growth Path

StartupAdvantage; Elgin (IL); Hybrid; USD 59,000 - 89,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage

Mentorship

Paid growth time

Hybrid work arrangement

Job summary

StartupAdvantage is seeking an Electrical Engineer in Elgin, IL on a hybrid basis. The role pairs a salary range of $59,000–$89,000 with ownership, collaboration, and a long-term growth track.

You will resurrect flaky tests, automate pipelines, and protect code quality while reducing technical debt. This position emphasizes ownership of outcomes and a candor-rich approach to quality, in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with process improvement.
• Comfort with owning the unglamorous middle of a hybrid project.
• At least 1 year of relevant experience.
• Strong understanding of technology best practices and industry standards.

Responsibilities

• Resurrect flaky tests and stabilize the Elgin IL suite.
• Automate build, test, and deployment pipelines for faster releases.
• Guard code quality through constructive reviews and mentoring.
• Profile and refactor legacy code to reduce technical debt over time.
• Move StartupAdvantage's GitLab CI stack out of the IL region before migration deadline.
• Ship GitLab CI experiments quickly and prioritize successful approaches.
• Scale Elasticsearch services from Elgin pilot to IL-wide rollout.

Skills

Process Improvement

Hybrid project experience

1 year experience

Technology best practices

Tools

GitLab CI

Elasticsearch

Jest

Job description

StartupAdvantage is seeking an Electrical Engineer in Elgin, IL on a hybrid basis. The role pairs a salary range of $59,000–$89,000 with ownership, collaboration, and a long-term growth track.

You will resurrect flaky tests, automate pipelines, and protect code quality while reducing technical debt. This position emphasizes ownership of outcomes and a candor-rich approach to quality, in a fast-paced environment.