Mechanical Engineer Drone
Applied Intuition is a physical-AI company that provides software platforms for developing, validating, deploying, and operating intelligent vehicles and machines.
About Applied Intuition
Founded in 2017, Applied Intuition builds physical-AI tooling and infrastructure, a Vehicle OS, and a Self-Driving System for automotive, defense, trucking, construction, mining, agriculture, and robotics applications.
Skills
Candidate Availability
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About the Role
You will design drone airframes, structures, and mechanical systems through concept, prototype, flight test, and production. You will integrate propulsion, batteries, avionics, and payloads; perform structural, thermal, and vibration analysis; build and test aircraft; investigate failures; and improve designs for manufacturing and service.
Requirements
- 5+ years designing hardware and shipping products
- Experience designing drones, UAS, aircraft, or flight-critical structures
- Understanding of aircraft structures, aerodynamic loads, stability, and propulsion integration
- Experience designing lightweight structures with composites, carbon fiber, and aerospace-grade metals
- Experience with CNC machining, composite layup, sheet metal, and additive manufacturing
- CAD proficiency
- Hands-on prototyping, fabrication, and aircraft testing experience
Responsibilities
- Own mechanical design for drone platforms and structural components
- Make aircraft weight, strength, aerodynamics, flight-time, and payload tradeoffs
- Integrate propulsion, batteries, avionics, and payloads into airframes
- Perform structural, thermal, and vibration analysis
- Build, assemble, iterate, and support flight testing of hardware
- Analyze failures and crashes and drive design improvements
- Own component, assembly, and aircraft-level design validation
- Design for manufacturability, repairability, and field serviceability
- Collaborate with autonomy, avionics, electrical, software, and flight-test teams
Benefits
- Equity