Senior Mechanical Engineer, Drone

Highlights

• Own mechanical design of drone platforms from concept to flight test.
• Design lightweight airframes balancing weight, strength and flight time.
• Build, fly, break and iterate real aircraft hardware in the field.

What they offer

• Equity

Ideal candidate

Hands-on aircraft builder with 10+ years shipping hardware who loves prototyping, flight testing, and turning failures into better designs.

Requirements

• BS or MS in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related field
• 10+ years of experience designing hardware and shipping products, ideally for drones, UAS, or aircraft
• Hands-on experience designing flight vehicles or flight-critical structures such as airframes, wings, fuselages, rotor arms, or landing gear
• Strong understanding of weight, structures, aerodynamic loads, stability, and propulsion integration
• Experience designing lightweight structures including composites, carbon fiber, and aerospace-grade metals
• Experience with design for manufacturing across CNC machining, composite layup, sheet metal, and additive manufacturing
• Proficiency in CAD, SolidWorks preferred, for 3D design and modification
• Hands-on prototyping and fabrication skills and comfort building and testing real aircraft
• U.S. citizenship or U.S. Green Card holder required