Electrical Engineer, Airframes

1 Month ago • All levels • Software Development & Engineering • $115,200 PA - $158,400 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

Flock Safety is seeking an Electrical Engineer to develop and refine new and existing drone platforms, focusing on the electrical design aspects for transitioning to large-scale manufacturing. This role involves designing, prototyping, and validating electrical systems for drones, including power distribution, PCB layout, sensors, communication modules, and battery management. Collaboration with internal and external engineering teams is crucial to deliver high-quality drones. The engineer will also be involved in system integration of avionics, cameras, GPS, and wireless modules, as well as performing schematic capture and PCB design using tools like Altium Designer or KiCad. Experience with EMI/EMC testing, troubleshooting hardware/firmware issues, and CAD for manufacturing aids is required. The position emphasizes contributing to a results-oriented culture and making a significant impact on crime reduction.
Must have:
  • Design, prototype, validate drone electrical systems
  • PCB layout, power distribution, battery management
  • Schematic capture and PCB design (Altium/KiCad)
  • EMI/EMC testing and compliance
  • Debug and troubleshoot hardware/firmware issues
  • Collaborate with mechanical and software teams
Good to have:
  • System integration of avionics, cameras, GPS, wireless modules
  • CAD (SolidWorks) for manufacturing aids
  • Support prototype builds and DFM
Perks:
  • Flexible Paid Time Off
  • Fully-paid health benefits plan
  • 12 weeks paid parental leave
  • Fertility & Family Benefits (Maven)
  • Mental health benefits (Spring Health)
  • Caregiver Support (Cariloop)
  • Equity Tax Advisor (Carta)
  • Employee Resource Groups (ERGs)
  • Work From Home Stipend
  • Productivity Stipend
  • Home Office Stipend

Job Details

Who is Flock?

Flock Safety is an all-in-one technology solution to eliminate crime and keep communities safe. Our intelligent platform combines the power of communities at scale - including cities, businesses, schools, and law enforcement agencies - to shape a safer future together. Our full-service, maintenance-free technology solution is trusted by communities across the country to help solve and deter crime in the pursuit of safer communities for everyone.

Our holistic public safety platform is comprehensive and intelligent, providing the actionable evidence needed to solve, deter and reduce crime across neighborhoods, schools, businesses and entire cities. Without compromising transparency or privacy, we are turning unbiased data into objective answers.

Flock strives to offer a career-defining experience where you can also make an impact on your community. While safety is a serious business, we are a supportive team that is optimizing the remote experience to create strong and fulfilling relationships even when we are physically apart. Our group of hard-working employees thrive in a positive and inclusive environment, where a bias towards action is rewarded. 

We have raised over $700M in venture capital from investors including Tiger Global, Andreessen Horowitz, Matrix Partners, Bedrock Capital, Meritech Capital Partners, and Initialized Capital. Now surpassing a $7.5B valuation, Flock is scaling intentionally and seeking the best and brightest to help us meet our goal of reducing crime in the United States by 25% in the next three years.

The Opportunity 

Flock Safety is looking for an Electrical Engineer to develop Flock’s new and existing DFR Drones. You will help shape the design process and support transitioning to large-scale manufacturing. This role will make an outsized impact by contributing to the electrical design of one of Flock Safety's newest product lines, as well as, work closely with internal and external engineering teams to deliver best-in-class drones.

Please note: This position will require relocation to Atlanta, Georgia.

The Skillset 

  • Design, prototype, and validate electrical systems for drone platforms, including power distribution, PCB layout, sensors, communication modules, and battery management.

  • Ability to collaborate on system integration of avionics, cameras, GPS, and wireless modules into drone hardware.

  • Experience performing schematic capture and PCB design using tools like Altium Designer or KiCad.

  • Develop and validate power systems, including battery packs, charging solutions, and power regulation circuits.

  • Experience in EMI/EMC testing and compliance processes to meet regulatory standards (FCC, CE, etc.).

  • Ability to debug and troubleshoot hardware and firmware issues during development and field testing.

  • Knowledge and experience in using CAD (SolidWorks) to design aids and/or fixtures for manufacturing or testing

  • Experience working closely with mechanical and software teams to ensure electrical systems meet functional, safety, and environmental requirements.

  • Ability to support prototype builds, design for manufacturability (DFM), and transition to production.

Feeling uneasy that you haven’t ticked every box? That’s okay; we’ve felt that way too. Studies have shown women and minorities are less likely to apply unless they meet all qualifications. We encourage you to break the status quo and apply to roles that would make you excited to come to work every day.

90 Days at Flock

We are a results-oriented culture and believe job descriptions are a thing of the past. We prescribe to 90 day plans and believe that good days, lead to good weeks, which lead to good months. This serves as a preview of the 90 day plan you will receive if you were to be hired as a Hardware Engineer with Flock Safety. 

The First 30 Days

  • Get acquainted with the company, the team, the mission, and the product/customer experience

  • Conduct a dive of shipping and planned product architecture

  • Observe the Flock Culture as it applies to your team and your day to day experience

  • Contribute immediately and incrementally to an active design, test, or debug investigation

The First 60 Days 

  • Completely understand the high level electrical architecture of the existing Flock ecosystem. Recognize its role in our highly vertical customer offering.

  • Become involved in ongoing product design effort as needed - join project standups and related channels to observe Flock’s design methodology.

  • Deliver an initial design concept and a prototype design.

90 Days & Beyond 

  • Demonstrate full proficiency of all Flock development tools and demonstrate awareness of all Flock development processes.

  • Become highly available and communicative as a resource to your immediate team and cross functional stakeholders

  • Assume full ownership and responsibility of outcomes to the business - your impact at Flock will strongly influence the health of the business, positive outcomes to customers, and real-time reduction in societal crime.

  • Maturing the design and supporting the transition of the design into a large-scale manufacturing

The Interview Process 

We want our interview process to be a true reflection of our culture: transparent and collaborative. Throughout the interview process, your recruiter will guide you through the next steps and ensure you feel prepared every step of the way. 

  1. Our First Chat: During this first conversation, you’ll meet with a recruiter to chat through your background, what you could bring to Flock, what you are looking for in your next role, and who we are. 

  2. The Hiring Manager Interview: You will meet with your potential future boss to really dive into the role, the team, expectations, and what success means at Flock. This is your chance to really nerd out with someone in your field. 

  3. The Technical Assessment: Our technical assessments seek to test the hard skills required to do the job. Engineers may find themselves in coding interviews or architecture discussions, sales roles may present mock discovery calls, and leadership roles may craft 90 day plans. Your recruiter will inform you of which assessment you will be assigned and ensure you are fully prepared for your big day. Expect to defend all relevant design work in your resume.

  4. The Executive Review: A chance to meet an executive and view Flock from a different lens. Be prepared to ask well-thought-out questions about the company, culture, and more. 

Salary & Equity

In this role, you’ll receive a starting salary of $115,200-$158,400 as well as stock options. Base salary is determined by job-related experience, education/training, as well as market indicators. Your recruiter will discuss this in-depth with you during our first chat.

The Perks 

🌴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.

Flock is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diverse backgrounds and thoughts and welcome everyone to apply for employment with us. We are committed to fostering an environment that is inclusive, transparent, and collaborative. Mutual respect is central to how Flock operates, and we believe the best solutions come from diverse perspectives, experiences, and skills. We embrace our differences and know that we are stronger working together.

If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please email us at recruiting@flocksafety.com. This information will be treated as confidential and used only to determine an appropriate accommodation for the interview process.

At Flock Safety, we compensate our employees fairly for their work. Base salary is determined by job-related experience, education/training, as well as market indicators. The range above is representative of base salary only and does not include equity, sales bonus plans (when applicable) and benefits. This range may be modified in the future. This job posting may span more than one career level.

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