Founding Senior Electrical Engineer - Hardware Lead

Sacbar; Boston (MA); Hybrid; USD 113,000 - 197,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401k with employer match

Discretionary paid time off

Parental leave for all

Medical, dental, vision plans

Wellness & mental health support

Learning & development programs

Office snacks

Job summary

Axon seeks a founding Senior Electrical Engineer in Boston to own electrical design across schematic capture, PCB layout, bring‑up, and validation for highly integrated hardware. You will collaborate with RF, Mechanical, Firmware, and Manufacturing to solve signal integrity, power, EMI/EMC, and thermal challenges.

As a founding member, you will guide hardware through EVT/DVT/PVT, certification, and mass production, while establishing standards and leading reviews.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field.
• 7+ years of end-to-end hardware design experience.
• Experience with high-density mixed-signal PCs and power management.
• Deep knowledge of schematic design, PCB stack-up, grounding, high-speed routing.
• Experience with DDR, PCIe, USB, Ethernet, MIPI or similar interfaces.
• Travel up to 50% domestically.

Responsibilities

• Own detailed mixed-signal schematic design across processors, memory, power and interfaces.
• Drive complex PCB designs from architecture to release, including layer stack-up and routing.
• Design for robust signal and power integrity across high-speed interfaces.
• Lead component selection, power-architecture design, and electrical tradeoffs.
• Partner with Mechanical for thermal performance and form factor optimization.
• Lead bring-up, characterization, validation, and root-cause analysis with test equipment.
• Own production readiness through EVT/DVT/PVT, certification, and mass production.
• Provide technical leadership and design review support to electrical engineers.

Skills

Schematic Design

PCB Layout

Signal Integrity

Power Integrity

High-speed Interfaces

Battery/Power Architecture

Team Leadership

Education

Bachelor's in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Cadence OrCAD/Allegro

Job description

Axon seeks a founding Senior Electrical Engineer in Boston to own electrical design across schematic capture, PCB layout, bring‑up, and validation for highly integrated hardware. You will collaborate with RF, Mechanical, Firmware, and Manufacturing to solve signal integrity, power, EMI/EMC, and thermal challenges.

As a founding member, you will guide hardware through EVT/DVT/PVT, certification, and mass production, while establishing standards and leading reviews.