Senior Electrical Engineer – Safe‑and‑Arm Electronics (ESAD/ESAF)

Firestorm; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 170,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision plans

401(k) Retirement Savings Plan

Equity grants for new hires

Unlimited PTO

Generous holiday schedule

Job summary

Firestorm is seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer to own ESAD/ESAF electrical design, integration, test, and certification across munitions platforms. You will manage energy storage, arming logic, environmental sensing, and safety features, ensuring inert operation until armed and compliant through field deployment.

You’ll drive interface definitions, ICD documentation, and rigorous testing, collaborating with software, mechanical, and external partners while aligning with DoD standards and ITAR.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related field; equivalent experience accepted.
• 7+ years electrical engineering experience, 3+ years in safe-and-arm, fuzing, or munitions firing electronics.
• Hands-on experience designing firing-set or initiation electronics.
• Knowledge of fuze safety criteria and MIL‑STD‑1316.
• Familiarity with environmental, EMI/EMC, and HERO considerations for ordnance electronics.
• Strong communication and ability to interface with multiple departments.
• U.S. Citizenship and ability to obtain security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Serve as technical owner for ESAD/ESAF integration across Firestorm munition payloads.
• Design firing-set electronics including energy storage and charge/fire circuitry.
• Architect arming and safety logic with environmental sensing and arming features.
• Develop schematic capture, PCB layout, and mixed-signal designs.
• Define electrical interfaces via ICDs between ESAD/ESAF, flight controller, payload bus, and host platform.
• Lead environmental, EMI/EMC, and HERO analysis and testing.
• Plan and execute test campaigns across bench, environmental, ground, and flight situations.
• Ensure compliance with DoD fuze safety standards and ITAR.
• Lead or support Fuze Safety Review Board qualification efforts.
• Present technical material at design reviews and certifications.
• Coordinate with embedded software, mechanical, and payload teams and partners.

Skills

Electrical design

System integration

Test & validation

Safety standards

Technical communication

Security clearance readiness

FSRB qualification awareness

ESAD/ESAF design experience

Initiation electronics

Project collaboration tools (Jira/Confl

Education

Electrical Engineering degree

Tools

Schematic capture

PCB layout

Mixed-signal design

Jira

Confluence

Job description

Firestorm is seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer to own ESAD/ESAF electrical design, integration, test, and certification across munitions platforms. You will manage energy storage, arming logic, environmental sensing, and safety features, ensuring inert operation until armed and compliant through field deployment.

You’ll drive interface definitions, ICD documentation, and rigorous testing, collaborating with software, mechanical, and external partners while aligning with DoD standards and ITAR.