Senior Sustaining Electrical Engineer - Equity + Defense

Firestorm; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 165,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity grant

Job summary

Firestorm is seeking a Sustaining Electrical Engineer to own released electrical hardware across the product lifecycle, including PCB and system-level design, production scaling, field support, and cost optimization.

The role emphasizes reliability, manufacturability, testability, and the ability to drive ambiguous problems to validated solutions, with senior or staff level placement based on experience.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering.
• 3+ years of experience developing or sustaining complex electrical hardware.
• Hands-on lab and debugging skills with standard electrical test equipment.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement electrical changes across schematics, PCBAs, power distribution, wiring, interfaces, and supporting hardware.
• Own electrical sustainment of released products from production ramp through field support and end-of-life, as a technical contact.
• Troubleshoot PCBAs, assemblies, wiring, power systems, and integrated hardware down to the component level.

Skills

Hands-on lab debugging

DFM/DFT familiarity

Hardware reliability

Technical communication

Cross-functional collaboration

PCB development

Education

Electrical/Computer Engineering degree

Tools

PLM systems

Job description

Firestorm is seeking a Sustaining Electrical Engineer to own released electrical hardware across the product lifecycle, including PCB and system-level design, production scaling, field support, and cost optimization.

The role emphasizes reliability, manufacturability, testability, and the ability to drive ambiguous problems to validated solutions, with senior or staff level placement based on experience.