Sr. Advanced Development Engineer

Join Axon and be a Force for Good.

At Axon, we’re on a mission to Protect Life. We’re explorers, pursuing society’s 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, you’ll 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

As a Senior Advanced Development Engineer II on Axon’s New Ventures team, you will lead complex, multi-disciplinary prototype efforts with electrical engineering at the core. You’ll take ambiguous, high-risk ideas and turn them into concrete systems, experiments, and evidence that help Axon decide whether—and how—to invest.

This role is ideal for a senior engineer with deep electrical expertise who thrives beyond traditional EE boundaries. You will shape system architecture, anticipate technical and business risks, and influence leadership decisions through hands-on prototyping and clear technical judgment—not polished production delivery.

Location: This role may be based out of Scottsdale, AZ; Seattle, WA; or Boston, MA, and follows a hybrid schedule. We rely on in-person collaboration and ask that team members work onsite Tuesday through Friday, with flexibility to work remotely on Mondays, unless there is an approved workplace accommodation.

What You’ll Do

• Lead the development of multi-disciplinary prototypes where electrical engineering is a primary driver of feasibility and risk

• Architect and build electrical systems for exploratory hardware concepts, spanning power, sensing, actuation, compute, and communications

• Integrate electrical designs with mechanical systems and software to deliver cohesive, end-to-end prototypes

• Independently navigate high ambiguity, identifying the right experiments to reduce technical and business uncertainty

• Anticipate electrical, system-level, and operational risks and propose mitigation strategies early

• Drive Build–Measure–Learn cycles focused on feasibility, reliability, and real-world behavior—not production polish

• Contribute significantly to business case development, including feasibility assessments, risk analysis, and resource estimates

• Communicate technical findings and recommendations clearly to senior stakeholders and executives

• Mentor other engineers by modeling strong system thinking and cross-disciplinary problem solving

• Help define what “good enough” looks like for prototypes intended to inform leadership decisions

What You Bring

You bring deep electrical engineering expertise as your primary discipline, paired with meaningful hands-on experience building electromechanical or physical systems that extend beyond traditional Electrical Engineering scope. You likely have:

• A Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field, or equivalent practical experience

• 8+ years of experience designing, building, and debugging electrical systems for complex or novel hardware

• Primary depth in electrical engineering, such as power systems, sensing, signal integrity, controls, or system-level electrical architecture

• Demonstrated hands-on experience in at least one secondary discipline, most commonly:

• Mechanical engineering or electromechanical system design, or

• Embedded or systems-level software used to control or evaluate physical systems (not firmware-only)

• A track record of building end-to-end prototypes where you personally worked outside EE, for example:

• Designing and assembling electromechanical systems involving motors, actuators, mechanisms, or moving assemblies

• Modifying mechanical designs to resolve electrical, sensing, or control constraints

• Building and iterating physical prototypes where electrical and mechanical decisions were tightly coupled

• Experience making technical trade-offs that span electronics, mechanics, and physical behavior, not just circuit-level optimization

• Comfort operating without defined requirements, using experimentation and prototyping to create clarity

• Strong communication skills, including the ability to explain system-level trade-offs to non-EE stakeholders

• Alignment with Axon’s values, including ownership, curiosity, candor, and a commitment to Protect Life

Core Experience Focus – Electrical Engineering with Multidisciplinary Build Experience

For this role, we are specifically seeking candidates who bring electrical engineering as their primary discipline, plus demonstrated hands-on experience building beyond EE. This role is not a fit for candidates whose experience is limited to electrical subsystem design, schematic ownership, or sustaining work—even at a senior level.

Relevant experience includes (but is not limited to):

• Owning prototypes that required co-design across electrical and mechanical systems, such as sensing, actuation, motion, or power transfer

• Designing, assembling, and iterating electromechanical or physical systems where electrical and mechanical decisions were tightly coupled

• Contributing meaningfully outside EE by modifying mechanical assemblies, mechanisms, or physical layouts when the prototype demanded it

• Writing software (including embedded or systems-level code, not firmware-only) as part of building and evaluating complete physical systems

• Designing and running experiments where electrical performance, mechanical behavior, and physical constraints jointly shaped outcomes

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

• 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.

Axon is a total compensation company, meaning compensation is made up of base pay, bonus, and stock awards. 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 https://www.axon.com/careers.

Base Pay Range
$148,500—$237,600 USD

Don’t meet every single requirement? That's ok. At Axon, we Aim Far. We think big with a long-term view because we want to reinvent the world to be a safer, better place. We are also committed to building diverse teams that reflect the communities we serve.

Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they check every box in the job description. If you’re excited about this role and our mission to Protect Life but your experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification listed here, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

Important Notes

The above job description is not intended as, nor should it be construed as, exhaustive of all duties, responsibilities, skills, efforts, or working conditions associated with this job. The job description may change or be supplemented at any time in accordance with business needs and conditions.

Some roles may also require legal eligibility to work in a firearms environment.

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