Sr. Advanced Development Engineer

Axon•Seattle, WA

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

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.

Requirements

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.
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

Responsibilities

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