Senior Rapid Prototyping Engineer, Drones & UAS

HavocAI; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, Dental and Vision Insurance (3

Life Insurance (Employer Paid)

401k Matching

Unlimited PTO with 2 week minimum

Equity Package

Work/Home Office Stipend

Global Entry

16 Week Paid Parental Leave

Wellness Stipend

Job summary

HavocAI in the United States seeks a Senior Rapid Prototyping Engineer to advance Locust, our advanced unmanned aircraft system, from prototype to fieldable LRIP platform for the DoD. This role focuses on hands-on hardware work and integrating mechanical and electrical subsystems.

You will rapidly turn concepts into prototypes, design airframes and payload interfaces, oversee fabrication, and support testing from bench to flight.

Qualifications

• BS in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Robotics, Mechatronics, or equivalent practical engineering experience.
• 3+ years developing physical hardware systems.
• Demonstrated experience building and testing drones, UAVs, robotics, aircraft, or autonomous systems.
• Strong mechanical CAD skills.
• Significant hands-on experience building electromechanical prototypes.
• Experience with multiple manufacturing and fabrication processes.
• Strong mechanical intuition and ability to troubleshoot real-world hardware problems.
• Comfortable using common shop tools and performing prototype assembly and modification.

Responsibilities

• Rapidly turn concepts and requirements into functional drone prototypes.
• Design and modify airframes, mechanisms, brackets, mounts, enclosures, and payload interfaces.
• Build and assemble prototype unmanned aircraft and subsystems.
• Integrate motors, propulsion systems, batteries, avionics, sensors, compute hardware, communications, equipment, and payloads.
• Create quick-turn CAD designs and engineering drawings.
• Use additive manufacturing, CNC machining, sheet metal, composites, and other fabrication methods to produce prototype parts.
• Perform hands-on fabrication, assembly, rework, and modification of prototype hardware.
• Develop test fixtures and experimental setups.
• Support bench testing, ground testing, environmental testing, and flight testing.
• Diagnose hardware and integration failures across mechanical and electromechanical systems.
• Rapidly redesign components based on test results.

Skills

Mechanical CAD

Prototype assembly

Drone hardware

Hands-on fabrication

Troubleshooting hardware

Education

BS in Mechanical Engineering (or related)

Tools

CAD software

3D printing

CNC machining

Sheet metal fabrication

Composites fabrication

Job description

HavocAI in the United States seeks a Senior Rapid Prototyping Engineer to advance Locust, our advanced unmanned aircraft system, from prototype to fieldable LRIP platform for the DoD. This role focuses on hands-on hardware work and integrating mechanical and electrical subsystems.

You will rapidly turn concepts into prototypes, design airframes and payload interfaces, oversee fabrication, and support testing from bench to flight.