Senior Product Engineer - UAV Systems & Production

BlueHalo; Petaluma (CA); On-site; USD 91,000 - 139,000; Full time

Job summary

AeroVironment in Petaluma, CA is seeking a Product Engineer III to sustain engineering support for UAV systems, including structural components, electro-mechanical assemblies, payloads, ground equipment, and flight control devices. The role includes creating manufacturing drawings, BOMs, and supporting design reviews, while coordinating engineering work with project managers.

Responsibilities include production handoff, change management in Agile PLM, and releasing engineering documentation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in a related field or equivalent.
• Lean Six Sigma experience or Green Belt certification.
• 5–8 years in engineering design with production support.
• Experience with unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and related electronics.
• Strong configuration management fundamentals.
• Cross-disciplinary integration across teams and functions.

Responsibilities

• Sustains engineering support for a product line.
• Manage product line configuration and change orders in Agile PLM.
• Coordinate transition of new products into production.
• Develop and release engineering documentation, BOMs, procedures, and test plans.
• Provide customer support for failure analysis and field notices.
• Support suppliers and manufacturing to resolve technical issues.
• Assist in proposal and report writing and contract reviews.

Skills

Unmanned UAVs

RF design

PCB layout

Altium CAD

Configuration management

Lean Six Sigma

Education

Bachelor's degree in related field

Tools

Altium

Agile PLM

MS Office

Job description

AeroVironment in Petaluma, CA is seeking a Product Engineer III to sustain engineering support for UAV systems, including structural components, electro-mechanical assemblies, payloads, ground equipment, and flight control devices. The role includes creating manufacturing drawings, BOMs, and supporting design reviews, while coordinating engineering work with project managers.

Responsibilities include production handoff, change management in Agile PLM, and releasing engineering documentation.