Actuation Engineer, Air Maneuver Dominance

Highlights

• Design actuation systems that bring an autonomous air vehicle to life.
• Own control surface actuators from concept through flight test and production.
• Support vehicle-level ground and flight test campaigns directly with leadership.

Ideal candidate

Builder-minded electromechanical engineer with hands-on hardware experience who thrives in ambiguity, moves fast, and tests early. You love owning complex systems end-to-end and iterating with a small team to field real flight hardware.

Requirements

• Experience in an immersive technical project in collegiate project teams or professional settings
• Minimum 3+ years in a professional technical engineering role focused on actuation, electromechanical, or servo-controlled systems
• Proven CAD skills and ability to produce high-quality engineering drawings to industry standards
• Strong understanding of mechanisms, structures, controls, and electromechanical design fundamentals
• Experience selecting and sizing actuators, motors, gearboxes and drivetrain components for high-reliability applications