Senior Electrical Engineer, Safe‑and‑Arm Munitions Systems

Firestorm; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 170,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision plans

401(k) Retirement Savings Plan

Equity grants for new hires

Unlimited PTO

Holiday calendar with breaks

Job summary

Firestorm seeks a Senior Electrical Engineer to own the electrical design, integration, test, and certification of ESAD/ESAF systems across its munitions platforms. You will lead firing-electronics, energy storage, arming logic, and safety analyses to ensure fielded hardware meets safety and combat requirements.

You will collaborate with software, mechanical, and payload teams, support DoD compliance, and participate in design reviews and certifications.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related field; equivalent experience accepted.

Responsibilities

• Own the electrical design, integration, test, and certification of ESAD/ESAF systems for sUAS platforms.
• Design firing-set electronics including energy storage, charge/fire circuitry, and initiation interfaces.
• Define safety features and arming logic to satisfy fuze safety criteria and prevent inadvertent function.
• Develop and review schematics, PCB layouts, and mixed-signal designs for reliability.
• Lead or participate in Fuze Safety Review Board qualification activities and safety analyses.
• Coordinate with embedded software, mechanical, and payload teams to close the full effector chain.
• Prepare design reviews, certifications, and customer-facing technical material.

Skills

Electrical engineering

Fuze safety standards

EMI/EMC

System integration

Safety-critical design

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Schematic capture tools

PCB layout tools

Job description

Firestorm seeks a Senior Electrical Engineer to own the electrical design, integration, test, and certification of ESAD/ESAF systems across its munitions platforms. You will lead firing-electronics, energy storage, arming logic, and safety analyses to ensure fielded hardware meets safety and combat requirements.

You will collaborate with software, mechanical, and payload teams, support DoD compliance, and participate in design reviews and certifications.