Your Impact
As a member of the Video Electrical Engineering team, you will engage in rigorous hands-on design, development, and testing of cutting-edge electronics that are integral to the complex camera and peripheral products that Axon provides. Your technical experience, engineering curiosity, and own-it attitude will be critical to successful designs that meet the challenging requirements demanded by our customers. Not only will you apply your engineering creativity while owning electronics designs, but you will collaborate with cross-discipline connections around the globe to realize truly World-Class products. Get ready to exercise and grow your electronics and product design know-how in various ways, while helping a passionate team deliver technologies that positively impact Law Enforcement, Public Safety, and their surrounding communities.
What You’ll Do
Location: Onsite -- Scottsdale, AZ
Reports to: Senior Manager, Electrical Engineering
- Research, propose, design, and develop electronic circuit solutions for body worn and/or vehicular products including connected cameras, sensors, and peripheral devices.
- Review and assess design requirements preliminary to circuit design.
- Engage with peers and Senior EE’s to realize robust electronics designs
- Using OrCAD Schematic tools, design embedded Mixed-Signal/Analog/Digital electronic circuits that may integrate application processors, high- and low-speed data interfaces (USBx, I2C, SPI), switch-mode and linear power supplies, batteries, audio subsystems, RF subsystems (Cellular, GNSS, Bluetooth), and much more.
- Team with PCB engineers to define, plan, implement, and inspect printed circuit board layout designs using Allegro or other layout tools
- Map out test plans and draft test methods for evaluating designs.
- Bring up, characterize, and debug systems and circuits using lab tools such as oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, logic analyzers, power supplies, etc.
- Evaluate performance of circuits and assess compliance to product and regulatory requirements.
- Optimize performance of electronics design using simulation tools and hands-on measurements
- Assess and document design outcomes, test results, and related information and present information to design teams.
- Work with component and development partners to select, evaluate, and approve electronics or designs.
- Develop Bill of Materials and other design documentation needed for product release.
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or similar engineering discipline
- Minimum 2 years of portable battery-powered or vehicle embedded circuit design
- Strong proficiency with basic discrete analog and digital circuit design (passive/active components, circuit analysis)
- Demonstrated electronics circuit design/integration experience in one or more of the following areas: Microcontroller and/or applications processor integration, memory components, power supplies, battery integration, RF circuit or module integration, high/low speed communication buses, sensors, LEDs and drivers, audio circuitry.
- Familiar with power supply design (Switch mode, linear regulator)
- Experienced with hands-on electronics bring-up, characterization, and debug using laboratory tools: Oscilloscope, power supplies, multimeters, etc
- Schematic design experience using standard industry schematic entry tools such as Cadence/OrCAD Capture.
- Experience collaborating with PCB engineers to realize PCB and Flexible PCB design. Experience with Allegro Viewer a plus
- Strong proficiency with reading and analyzing electronic component datasheets and other engineering design documentation
- Familiar with documentation, analysis, and presentations tools, such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint
Preferred Qualifications
- Some experience designing vehicle based electronics
- Some experience integrating wireless systems such as Bluetooth
- Has developed products within cross-functional (EE/ME/FW) and geographically diverse engineering teams
- Has experience collaborating with electronics component manufacturers and third party design teams
Benefits that Benefit You
- Competitive salary and 401k with employer match
- Discretionary paid time off
- Paid parental leave for all
- Medical, Dental, Vision plans
- Fitness Programs
- Emotional & Mental Wellness support
- Learning & Development programs
- And yes, we have snacks in our offices
Benefits listed herein may vary depending on the nature of your employment and the location where you work.
The Pay: Axon is a total compensation company, meaning compensation is made up of base pay, bonus, and stock awards. The starting base pay for this role is between USD $59,000 in the lowest geographic market and USD 114,000 in the highest geographic market. The actual base pay is dependent upon many factors, such as: level, function, training, transferable skills, work experience, business needs, geographic market, and often a combination of all these factors. Our benefits offer an array of options to help support you physically, financially and emotionally through the big milestones and in your everyday life. To see more details on our benefits offerings please visit www.axon.com/careers/benefits.
