Mechanical Design Engineer - Avionics
Zipline International
- San Francisco, CA
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Fully own the integration of critical flight electronics into the Zipline family of vehicles
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams on vehicle level optimizations and system designs
- Use hand calcs, FEA, statistics, test campaigns and computer-aided designs (CAD) to ensure all the hardware you design meets the requirements for safe, reliable flight.
- Lead design reviews, and document your work clearly, concisely and robustly
- Serve as a technical interface with suppliers, manufacturers and customers (internal and external)
- Own the positive product outcome from inception through design, prototyping, launch, and service.
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in an engineering discipline
- Experience designing components and systems optimizing for conflicting requirements
- Demonstrated CAD fluency (any software)
- Willing to travel as needed to bring up suppliers
- Must be willing to relocate to the San Francisco Bay area working regularly out of Zipline HQ
- Minimum 2 years of experience outside of a classroom setting
- Excellent communication - written, verbal, and visual.
- Demonstrated ownership of hardware though the full product life cycle outside of a classroom setting
- Experience designing and producing systems with embedded electronics
- Experience solving ESD/EMI integration problems
- Experience with radio frequency communication hardware
- Experience designing safety-critical aerospace or automotive products
- Demonstrated excellence in the following technical disciplines
- Mechanical engineering,statics, and rigid body kinematics.
- Heat transfer and thermal management of power electronics
- High volume production (100K units/ year)
- Drafting, engineering drawings and GD&T