Principal Systems Architect — Connected Communications Hardware (Remote)

axon; United States; Remote; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Remote-eligible

Job summary

Axon is seeking a Principal Systems Architect to lead the system architecture for a new line of mission-critical hardware used in emergency response. This founding-level role spans electrical, RF, mechanical, thermal, and power domains, defining standards, integration strategy, and engineering processes from concept to mass production.

You will partner with cross-functional engineering leads and external manufacturers to deliver production-ready hardware, drive verification, certification, and

Qualifications

• Extensive hardware engineering across electrical, RF, and mechanical domains.
• Proven ownership of system architecture and cross‑disciplinary decisions.
• Experience shipping compact, connected hardware through EVT/DVT to mass production.
• Hands-on system requirements creation and validation planning.
• Familiarity with US and international hardware certification standards.

Responsibilities

• Define end-to-end system architecture and integration plans across domains.
• Translate requirements into verifiable, traceable system requirements.
• Balance power, thermal, and compute budgets against size and cost targets.
• Lead cross-disciplinary design reviews and guide EE/RF/ME leads.
• Drive certification strategy with ODM/JDM and manufacturing teams.
• Own system verification, risk analysis, and lifecycle mitigation.

Skills

Cross-disciplinary leadership

System architecture

RF engineering

Electrical engineering

Mechanical engineering

Verification & validation

Regulatory certification

Manufacturing partnerships

Technical decision making

Tools

Altium

Cadence

SolidWorks

Creo

NX

RF test equipment

Thermal characterization tools

PLM/BOM/requirements mgmt

Job description

Axon is seeking a Principal Systems Architect to lead the system architecture for a new line of mission-critical hardware used in emergency response. This founding-level role spans electrical, RF, mechanical, thermal, and power domains, defining standards, integration strategy, and engineering processes from concept to mass production.

You will partner with cross-functional engineering leads and external manufacturers to deliver production-ready hardware, drive verification, certification, and