Staff Mechanical Engineer

Company: Matternet
Location: Mountain View
Posted on: May 3, 2021

Job Description:

Matternet seeks a Staff Mechanical Engineer for its Station development team. As a Staff Mechanical Engineer, you will be part of the Station Hardware Engineering team designing, developing, and building UAV ground stations. You will be responsible for the conception, design, productization, and support of the station, including but not limited to: structural analysis, electro-mechanical mechanisms, overall system packaging, environmental considerations, and thermal management. Successful execution will require cross-functional engagement with EE, Software, and Manufacturing. Your role will include hands-on work in prototype development and validation.

You will:

• Take responsibility for station sub-assemblies and mechanisms
• Perform mechanical design tasks using SolidWorks
• Draft professional engineering drawings utilizing GD&T
• Create validation test plans and execute testing
• Work closely with manufacturing and external vendors to scale the product design
• In the first 30 days: Become familiar with existing station design and begin to take ownership of several sub-assemblies
• In the first 60 days: Implement design changes to make the station product 'feature complete' and work closely with vendors and manufacturers to scale station production
• In the first 90 days: Work closely with the Station team to plan and execute validation testing

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