Senior Hardware Product Packaging Engineer

The role

You will own packaging designs from concept to mass production for the full product ecosystem including aircraft, docks, and accessories. This role involves designing packaging parts in 3D CAD and managing technical activity with vendors.

What you will do

• Own customer-facing and enterprise-ready packaging from concept to mass production
• Design packaging parts and assemblies in 3D CAD
• Partner with industrial design, product management, and marketing
• Engage with mechanical, electrical, battery and material flow engineering
• Interface with and own technical activity at vendors
• Design for a broad set of packaging processes
• Define and execute transit and field testing
• Own packaging compliance and labeling
• Support internal manufacturing and factory teams with pack-out processes
• Debug field damage and shipping returns

Required qualifications

• Prior packaging or product development experience
• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, packaging engineering, or equivalent
• Mastery of 3D CAD
• Fluency in 2D structural design and artwork workflows
• Ability to design for corrugated and folding carton, foam conversion, and thermoforming
• Ability to produce part and assembly drawings, specifications, and tolerance stacks
• Working knowledge of transit and field test standards
• Comfort being deeply involved in vendor relationships including travel to supplier sites

Nice to have

• Experience with CATIA
• molded fiber, roto-molding, injection molding, and soft goods
• Experience with ruggedized or mission-critical cases for defense, public safety, or industrial customers
• High-volume consumer electronics packaging experience

Benefits

• 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.