Mechanical Engineer Drone

You will design drone airframes, structures, and mechanical systems through concept, prototype, flight test, and production. You will integrate propulsion, batteries, avionics, and payloads; perform structural, thermal, and vibration analysis; build and test aircraft; investigate failures; and improve designs for manufacturing and service.

Responsibilities

• Own mechanical design for drone platforms and structural components
• Make aircraft weight, strength, aerodynamics, flight-time, and payload tradeoffs
• Integrate propulsion, batteries, avionics, and payloads into airframes
• Perform structural, thermal, and vibration analysis
• Build, assemble, iterate, and support flight testing of hardware
• Analyze failures and crashes and drive design improvements
• Own component, assembly, and aircraft-level design validation
• Design for manufacturability, repairability, and field serviceability
• Collaborate with autonomy, avionics, electrical, software, and flight-test teams

Requirements

• 5+ years designing hardware and shipping products
• Experience designing drones, UAS, aircraft, or flight-critical structures
• Understanding of aircraft structures, aerodynamic loads, stability, and propulsion integration
• Experience designing lightweight structures with composites, carbon fiber, and aerospace-grade metals
• Experience with CNC machining, composite layup, sheet metal, and additive manufacturing
• CAD proficiency
• Hands-on prototyping, fabrication, and aircraft testing experience

Benefits

• Equity