Flock Safety

Staff Hardware Engineer

Flock Safety

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Atlanta • United States

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Salary

💰 $142,000 - $194,000 per year

Job Level

Lead

About the role

  • Flock Safety is looking for a Hardware Engineer to develop electronics for Flock’s new and existing Aviation products.
  • You will help shape the design, the implementation, and the effort to scale manufacturing.
  • This role will make an outsized impact by contributing to the electrical design of one of Flock Safety's newest and most important product lines.
  • You will work closely with internal and external engineering teams to deliver peerless, best-in-class aviation products.

Requirements

  • BSEE with 5+ years of experience in industry and strong fundamentals
  • Design, prototype, or integrate custom electronics for drone airframe platforms including PCBs, cabling and harnesses, power distribution, sensors, communication modules, and battery management.
  • Strong foundation in drone airframe design for manufacturability best practices, successful production release, and manufacturing optimization
  • Proven track record in airframe system integration including avionics, sensor modules, cameras, batteries, and wireless (GPS, cellular, wifi) modules into drone airframes.
  • Strong foundation implementing a flight controller with an ensemble of peripheral control sensors such as IMUs, airspeed sensors, propulsion motor feedback.
  • Select and optimize sensors such as IMUs, magnetometers, and current monitors.
  • Perform component creation, schematic capture, and PCB layout using Altium Designer.
  • Proficiency in both low and high voltage power systems such as battery packs, charging solutions, and DC/DC regulators.
  • Partner closely with mechanical and software teams to ensure designs meet safety, performance, and environmental standards.
  • Support prototype builds. Make iterative improvements to a given module to investigate the problem space and refine performance.
  • Write and execute signal and power integrity test plans for industry standard phase gates such as EVT, DVT, PVT, and MP.
  • Debug, rework and troubleshoot hardware or firmware issues during development and field testing.
  • Manage EMI/EMC testing and compliance processes to meet regulatory standards for industrial drone airframes (FCC, CE, UL, etc.).
  • Comfortable and excited to work in a startup environment with strong sense of ownership.
Benefits
  • Flexible PTO: We seriously mean it, plus 11 company holidays.
  • Fully-paid health benefits plan for employees: including Medical, Dental, and Vision and an HSA match.
  • Family Leave: All employees receive 12 weeks of 100% paid parental leave. Birthing parents are eligible for an additional 6-8 weeks of physical recovery time.
  • Fertility & Family Benefits: We have partnered with Maven, a complete digital health benefit for starting and raising a family. Flock will provide a $50,000-lifetime maximum benefit related to eligible adoption, surrogacy, or fertility expenses.
  • Spring Health: Spring Health offers a variety of mental health benefits, including therapy, coaching, medication management, and digital tools, all tailored to each individual's needs.
  • Caregiver Support: We have partnered with Cariloop to provide our employees with caregiver support.
  • Carta Tax Advisor: Employees receive 1:1 sessions with Equity Tax Advisors who can address individual grants, model tax scenarios, and answer general questions.
  • ERGs: We want all employees to thrive and feel like they belong at Flock. We offer three ERGs today - Women of Flock, Flock Proud, and Melanin Motion. If you are interested in talking to a representative from one of these, please let your recruiter know.
  • WFH Stipend: $150 per month to cover the costs of working from home.
  • Productivity Stipend: $250 per year to use on Audible, Calm, Masterclass, Duolingo, Grammarly and so much more.
  • Home Office Stipend: A one-time $750 to help you create your dream office.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
BSEEelectrical designcustom electronicsPCB designairframe system integrationflight controller implementationsensor optimizationschematic capturepower systemssignal integrity testing
Soft Skills
collaborationproblem-solvingownershipiterative improvementcommunication