Senior UAV Mechanical Engineer - Flight Structures

Firestorm; San Diego (CA); In loco; USD 140.000 - 170.000; Tempo pieno

Vantaggi offerti da questo lavoro

Medical, dental, and visions plans

401(k) Retirement Savings Plan

Equity grants for new hires

Unlimited PTO

Parental Leave

Life insurance

Descrizione del lavoro

Firestorm in San Diego seeks a Senior Mechanical Engineer, Aircraft to drive the design and analysis of high‑performance UAV structures. You’ll own mechanical components from concept to production, collaborating with electrical, flight‑test, and manufacturing teams to ensure robust, manufacturable hardware.

You will apply hands‑on CAD, first‑order calculations, and FEA, while advancing DFM with additive, CNC, sheet metal, and composite tooling.

Competenze

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering.
• 5+ years of mechanical design experience with aircraft design.
• Minimum 1 year of hands-on structural analysis.
• Proficiency with SolidWorks and GD&T.
• Experience with DFM and manufacturability for UAV hardware.
• Experience integrating mechanical with electrical systems and QA processes.

Mansioni

• Support mechanical design and structural analysis for UAV subsystems across the product lifecycle.
• Develop manufacturable designs optimized for UAV flight performance and validated through analysis.
• Analyze initial aerostructures against mass, strength and stiffness targets.
• Create and maintain 3D CAD models and drawings with GD&T and manufacturability.
• Validate designs using hand calculations, FEA, and physical testing.
• Lead iterative design cycles for rapid prototyping and design reviews.
• Collaborate with electrical, flight-test and manufacturing teams to integrate systems.
• Support DFM and tooling/fixturing for composite and traditional manufacturing.

Conoscenze

Mechanical design

Structural analysis

3D CAD

GD&T

DFM

Cross-functional collaboration

Hand calculations

Aerospace/UAV design

Formazione

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical/Aerospace Engineering

Strumenti

SolidWorks

MATLAB/Simulink

FEA software

Descrizione del lavoro

Firestorm in San Diego seeks a Senior Mechanical Engineer, Aircraft to drive the design and analysis of high‑performance UAV structures. You’ll own mechanical components from concept to production, collaborating with electrical, flight‑test, and manufacturing teams to ensure robust, manufacturable hardware.

You will apply hands‑on CAD, first‑order calculations, and FEA, while advancing DFM with additive, CNC, sheet metal, and composite tooling.