Autonomous Drone Hardware Design Engineer

Telemetry Today LLC; San Mateo (CA); On-site; USD 132,000 - 175,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Paid vacation

Sick leave

Holiday pay

401K savings plan

Job summary

Skydio is seeking a Mechanical Engineer to design parts and assemblies for aircraft, ground stations, and accessories. You’ll work with senior engineers on new architectures and own components as you grow, collaborating with electrical engineers to integrate PCBAs and wiring.

You’ll help plan tests, evaluate trade-offs, and support manufacturing from prototype to mass production. The role requires a BS in mechanical engineering, 0-3 years of hardware experience, strong fundamentals, and CAD

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering or related field.
• 0-3 years of hands-on product or hardware experience through internships, co-ops, student design teams, research, or personal projects.
• Strong engineering fundamentals to solve open-ended design problems.
• Proficiency in 3D CAD (CATIA, SolidWorks, NX, Creo, or similar).
• Familiarity with injection molding, CNC machining, casting, or sheet metal, and how they affect design.
• Ability to create clear mechanical drawings.
• Curiosity, attention to detail, and a love of well-designed hardware.
• Collaborative mindset and ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Design mechanical parts and assemblies for aircraft, ground stations, and accessories, working alongside senior engineers on new architectures and taking ownership of components as you grow.
• Partner with electrical engineers to integrate custom PCBAs, flex circuits, antennas, and cable harnesses into mechanical designs.
• Work with vendors on technical questions and part reviews, in collaboration with our operations and supply chain teams.
• Plan and run engineering tests, and use analysis to evaluate design trade-offs and verify that your parts perform as intended.
• Follow your designs through the full development cycle, from early prototypes to pre-production and mass production, and help our manufacturing teams with assembly processes and quality and inspection criteria.
• Investigate and debug failures, digging into the details to find root causes.

Skills

Hardware design

Engineering fundamentals

Attention to detail

Collaboration

Curiosity

Education

Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering or related field

Tools

CATIA

SolidWorks

NX/Creo

GD&T

FEA

Tolerance analysis

3D printing

Job description

Skydio is seeking a Mechanical Engineer to design parts and assemblies for aircraft, ground stations, and accessories. You’ll work with senior engineers on new architectures and own components as you grow, collaborating with electrical engineers to integrate PCBAs and wiring.

You’ll help plan tests, evaluate trade-offs, and support manufacturing from prototype to mass production. The role requires a BS in mechanical engineering, 0-3 years of hardware experience, strong fundamentals, and CAD