{"id":986273,"url":"https://alion.io/job/echodyne-corp-senior-sustaining-electrical-engineer","title":"Senior Sustaining Electrical Engineer","company":{"id":6413,"name":"Echodyne","domain":"echodyne.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/echodyne-corp","size_band":null,"is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Greenhouse","truth_index":{"grade":"B","score":75,"open_postings":6,"ghost_share":0.167,"stale_share":0.5,"repost_share":0.167,"time_to_fill_p50_days":44,"computed_at":"2026-11-04T06:34:25Z"}},"role":"Hardware","role_family":"Hardware","seniority":"senior","employment_type":null,"work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Kirkland, United States"],"countries":["US"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":{"min":124733,"max":187048,"currency":"USD","period":"year","gross":null,"usd_annual":187048},"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":6,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":true,"technologies":[{"name":"CAPA","optional":false},{"name":"MATLAB","optional":true},{"name":"Python","optional":true}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-09-16T23:20:02Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-10-13","last_verified_at":"2026-11-05T01:16:33Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":49,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":49},"description":"Radar Reinvented.\nEchodyne offers the world’s first compact solid-state true beam-steering radar for a wide range of industries and applications. Our high-performance radars work in all weather and are designed for autonomous vehicles, uncrewed aircraft & drones, and security of borders, critical infrastructure, and smart cities. The company combines the patented technology of metamaterials with powerful software to create a radar sensor with unprecedented performance at commercial price points. Echodyne offers its radars to companies working in Automotive, Transportation, Critical Infrastructure Protection, Border Security, Smart Cities, Uncrewed Aircraft Systems (UAS), and Airspace Management including Urban Air Mobility (UTM).\nEchodyne is seeking a Senior Sustaining Electrical Engineer to join our fast-growing team. \nROLE OVERVIEW\nEchodyne is seeking a Senior Electrical Sustaining Engineer to join our Sustaining Engineering team. This role is responsible for ensuring the long-term performance, reliability, manufacturability, and supportability of Echodyne’s fielded and in-production radar products. \nIn this role, you will partner closely with Sustaining Engineering peers and collaborate with Electrical Design, Systems, Manufacturing, Test, Quality, and Supply Chain teams to investigate issues, resolve defects, and implement durable design improvements across the product lifecycle. \nEchodyne builds compact solid-state true beam-steering radars that integrate advanced analog, mixed-signal, digital, power, and embedded subsystems. Sustaining these products requires deep circuit-level expertise, disciplined root-cause analysis, and strong ownership of product health in production and in the field. \nRESPONSIBILITIES\nDevelop, verify, and document sustaining design updates driven by reliability, yield, component lifecycle, or manufacturability needs\nEvaluate components, material and supplier alternates and support qualification of replacements for EOL or supply-chain risk mitigation\nDevelop ECO packages, sustaining documentation, and release artifacts\nLead root-cause investigations, failure analysis, and corrective/preventative actions for analog and mixed-signal circuits and subsystems\nPerform advanced debugging and characterization of mixed-signal PCB assemblies in lab and production environments\nPartner with Manufacturing and Test teams to improve test coverage, debug flows, and production yield \nREQUIRED SKILLS / EXPERIENCE\nBackground in analog and mixed-signal circuit theory and hands-on circuit analysis\nAbility to interpret schematics and guide circuit-level design changes with an understanding of system-level interactions\nWorking knowledge of power integrity, signal integrity, and mixed-signal layout considerations\nUnderstanding of low-speed and mixed-signal interfaces such as SPI, I2C, GPIO, and clocking architectures\nFamiliarity with DFx practices including DFM, DFA, and DFT for manufacturable electronics\nExperience collaborating in a cross-functional hardware development and production environment\nExperience leading RCA and CAPA efforts for production or fielded hardware\nExperience debugging and sustaining PCB assemblies that include analog, digital, power, and programmable devices\nExperience troubleshooting circuits using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, DMMs, and related lab equipment \nDESIRED SKILLS / EXPERIENCE (Looking for one or more as a complement to the core skills) \nFamiliarity with SPICE simulation for analysis of existing or modified circuits\nScientific scripting or data analysis skills using Python or MATLAB \nQUALIFICATIONS\nBS or MS in Electrical Engineering or related field\n6 or more years of hands-on experience with analog and mixed-signal printed circuit assemblies, including debugging, verification, and production support\nEligibility to handle export-controlled information (ITAR/EAR) \nEchodyne’s technology is export controlled by the U.S. Government and we must evaluate an applicant’s eligibility to handle export-controlled information or obtain required Government authorizations. Therefore, we will ask you as part of the application process to identify whether you are a U.S. Citizen or green card holder, or have asylum/refugee status in the U.S. \nWHAT WE OFFER\nThis is an exempt role.\nThe expected annual salary range for this role is\n$124,733—$187,048 USD\nIf your skills generally align but not perfectly, please apply anyway. There may be another role that’s a great fit for you!\nWe offer competitive compensation and benefits to our full-time, US-based employees, including:\nRSU (Restricted Stock Units)\nGenerous Benefits:\nFully-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance premiums for you \nChoice of PPO or HDHP/HSA\nVirtual Care - 98Point6\nEmployee Assistance Program\nMental Health coverage through Springhealth & Talkspace (Premera)\nTravel Assistance Insurance\nCompany Paid Life Insurance\nCompany Paid Short & Long Term Disability\nFlexible PTO (exempt) / 15 days per year (non-exempt)\n401(k) match\nPet Insurance\nPrepaid Legal Program\nCommuter Benefits\nPaid Company Holidays\nAll qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, status as a protected veteran or any other characteristic protected by law.","description_format":"text","description_chars":5333,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":6,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":false},"security_clearance":true,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Life insurance","Restricted stock units","Vision insurance"],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"United States","iso":"US","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["RF & Wireless Hardware","C4ISR"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-09-16T23:47:46Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":45,"band":"ok","label":"Likely open","p_open":1,"p_active":0.814,"p_room":0.55,"age_days":48,"expected_fill_days":44,"reasons":["conf:0","velocity","win:tail"],"computed_at":"2026-11-04T06:34:25Z"},"pay":{"stated_usd_annual":187048,"is_top_pay":false},"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/echodyne-corp-senior-sustaining-electrical-engineer","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/echodyne-corp-senior-sustaining-electrical-engineer.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-11-05T04:34:42Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":5633,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-11-06T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":6413},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=6413"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fechodyne-corp-senior-sustaining-electrical-engineer"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fechodyne-corp-senior-sustaining-electrical-engineer"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fechodyne-corp-senior-sustaining-electrical-engineer"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/echodyne-corp-senior-sustaining-electrical-engineer\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fechodyne-corp-senior-sustaining-electrical-engineer"}],"agent":{"mcp":"https://alion.io/mcp/jobs","mcp_open":"https://alion.io/mcp/open","next":[{"tool":"get_job","arguments":{"id":986273}},{"tool":"search_jobs","arguments":{"company":"echodyne.com","detail":"compact"}},{"tool":"match_people","arguments":{"job_id":986273},"note":"people open to offers who fit this vacancy"}],"note":"The same data through MCP tools: https://alion.io/mcp/open needs no sign-in (compact searches, postings, people); https://alion.io/mcp with an Alion account has everything. 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