Senior Manager, Hardware Design Engineering

The role

You will lead teams to architect, develop, and refine mechanical structures and solutions for autonomous flight. This includes managing the development of the F10 winged platform and ground systems from concept to mass production.

What you will do

• Lead the development of a vehicle platform from concept to production
• Manage the mechanical team for the F10 ecosystem including winged vehicle and ground systems
• Work with cross-functional teams to drive product development from prototype to mass production
• Identify and drive downselections on key architecture and technology decisions
• Design mechanical parts and assemblies for aircraft and ground stations
• Collaborate with electrical engineers to integrate PCBAs, flex circuits, antennas, and cable harnesses
• Interface with and own technical activity at vendors
• Define and execute engineering tests and utilize analysis
• Support internal manufacturing and factory teams with assembly processes and quality criteria
• Debug and investigate failures

Required qualifications

• Prior experience of management and product development
• Strong system-level design skills
• Experience in aerospace or aviation design
• Ability to apply analytical problem solving skills and engineering fundamentals
• Mastery of 3D CAD
• Experience with design for injection molding, metal casting, CNC machining, sheet metal forming, composites, foam
• Solid sense of how best to prototype quickly and efficiently
• Ability to produce well-constructed, thorough mechanical part and assembly drawings
• Strategic mind across the full design, source, build, validate, and ship process

Nice to have

• Experience with CATIA

Benefits

• Competitive base salaries
• Equity in the form of stock options
• Group health insurance plans
• Paid vacation time
• Sick leave
• Holiday pay
• 401K savings plan
• Relocation assistance may be provided for eligible roles

Before you apply

• Obtaining FAA Part 107 certification within the first 60 days of employment is strongly encouraged
• Skydio, Inc. uses E-Verify to confirm employment eligibility

About the company

Skydio is the leading US drone company and the world leader in autonomous flight. The team combines expertise in artificial intelligence, hardware and software product development, operational excellence, and customer obsession.