Electrical Engineer I

At Axon were on a mission to Protect Life. Were explorers pursuing societys most critical safety and justice issues with our ecosystem of devices and cloud software. Like our products we work better together. We connect with candor and care seeking out diverse perspectives from our customers communities and each other.

Life at Axon is fast-paced challenging and meaningful. Here youll take ownership and drive real change. Constantly grow as you work hard for a mission that matters at a company where you matter.

Your Impact:

Dedrone stands out as the global leader in airspace defense technology and counter UAS solutions. Engineering at Dedrone is tasked with delivering innovative solutions and products to maintain our position on the cutting-edge of innovation.

This is an entry-level Electrical Engineer role for someone who wants to build hardware with their own hands and grow into a design engineer. Youll work side-by-side with our electrical engineering team across the full lifecycle of next-generation cUAS hardware building and bringing up boards designing cable assemblies and wire harnesses laying out PCBs running verification and qualification tests and troubleshooting hardware down to the component level.

Expect to spend real time at the bench. Roughly a third of this job is hands-on build test and debug work and youll also take ownership of our lab its equipment calibration fixtures and organization. The rest is design work alongside senior engineers starting with cables harnesses and PCB layout and growing into schematic capture and design ownership of your own boards. Were an analysis-driven team: we expect decisions to be backed by a calculation or a measurement and well teach you how we do that.

Youll collaborate closely with electrical mechanical and firmware engineers product managers and manufacturing partners and your work directly supports our mission of protecting airspace and the public from the emerging cUAS threat.

Location: Sterling VA hybrid onsite Tuesday through Friday

Where This Role Goes:

This is a genuine growth role and weve mapped it out rather than leaving it vague:

• First six months build wire and test to existing drawings; run bench tests to written plans; get our lab in order and learn our products.
• Six to twelve months own cable and harness design end to end including the documentation; take on routine PCB layouts; build and document your own test fixtures.
• One to two years handle layout for most of our boards own our library and layout standards write your own test plans and begin schematic capture on well-bounded blocks.
• Beyond schematic ownership of whole boards analysis you present at design reviews and a clear path to Electrical Engineer II.

What Youll Do:

• Build assemble and rework prototype and pilot-run electronic assemblies including PCBs cable/wire harnesses and mechanical/electrical integration following schematics assembly drawings and IPC workmanship standards.
• Design cable assemblies and wire harnesses connector and contact selection pinouts and wire lists gauge selection with proper derating shielding and grounding labeling and the drawings someone else can build from.
• Lay out printed circuit boards from schematics owned by senior engineers and generate complete fabrication and assembly packages. Youll grow into schematic capture as your fluency builds.
• Perform hardware bring-up functional test and debug of new boards and systems using lab equipment such as multimeters oscilloscopes spectrum analyzers power supplies and signal generators.
• Diagnose and troubleshoot electrical faults to the component level and work with engineers to root-cause and resolve issues found during bring-up integration and qualification testing.
• Support power system testing (DC/DC AC/DC battery management) and RF/sensor subsystem checkout across a range of power levels and environmental conditions relevant to cUAS platforms.
• Execute test plans and formal verification/validation procedures (EMC environmental MIL-STD etc.) accurately recording data and clearly documenting results and anomalies and grow into writing those test plans yourself.
• Own our lab: equipment inventory and calibration tracking ESD and electrical safety practice consumables and the cable and fixture organization that lets the whole team move faster.
• Build and maintain test fixtures jigs and bench setups to support engineering development and production test needs.
• Maintain organized accurate documentation for builds test data calibration records firmware/hardware revisions BOMs and non-conformances.
• Partner daily with electrical mechanical and firmware engineers as well as product and manufacturing teams to support fast-moving R&D and production programs.

What You Bring:

• Bachelors degree in electrical engineering or a related field. An associates degree or technical certificate in Electronics Engineering Technology with strong hands-on experience also works.
• 03 years of professional experience. New graduates are encouraged to apply internships co-ops capstone projects competition teams (FSAE robotics rocketry) military electronics and serious maker or hobbyist work all count.
• At least one project you can walk us through where you designed or built the electronics yourself and can explain the decisions you made and why. School and personal projects are entirely fair game.
• Hands-on proficiency with soldering rework and cable/harness assembly. IPC-A-610 / J-STD-001 training or certification is a plus.
• Working knowledge of lab test equipment (DMM oscilloscope power supply function generator) and comfort reading schematics and assembly drawings.
• Solid grasp of electrical fundamentals (analog and digital circuits power distribution) and real enthusiasm for growing into circuit design and PCB layout.
• Some exposure to schematic and PCB capture tools. We use Altium Designer but we dont expect you to know it KiCad Eagle OrCAD or a single class project all count and well train you on ours.
• A habit of checking your own work. We want to hear about a time you ran a calculation or a test to confirm a decision instead of building it and hoping.
• Strong attention to detail and disciplined documentation habits; comfortable following formal test procedures and workmanship standards.
• Good troubleshooting instincts and a drive to understand root cause not just symptoms.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced dynamic environment with high levels of ambiguity and eagerness to take on greater engineering scope as your skills develop.

• 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
• Employee Resource Groups (ERGs)
• 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.

Required Experience:

IC