Skydio · 4 days ago
Senior Product Design Engineer-Sustaining
San Mateo, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$140K/yr - $225K/yr
3+ years expSkydio is the leading US drone company and the world leader in autonomous flight, specializing in delivering world-class performance and reliability in drone technology. The Senior Product Design Engineer will focus on mechanical system design and reliability, ensuring that Skydio's hardware ecosystem continues to perform optimally and evolves to meet production demands.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)Drone ManagementDronesMachine LearningRobotics
Responsibilities
Own mechanical system design and reliability across aircraft, ground systems, controllers, and other key pieces of the Skydio hardware ecosystem. Ensure that documentation, drawings, and BOMs remain current, controlled, and optimized for long-term production
Design and validate continuous improvements that enhance performance, quality, and cost through analytical modeling, prototyping, and rigorous testing
Sustain and evolve released designs, ensuring that documentation, drawings, and BOMs remain current, controlled, and optimized for long-term production
Lead failure analysis and corrective actions (FACA), identify root causes, and implement design or process improvements based on field and test data, performing detailed failure analysis and developing robust, long-term fixes
Work closely with manufacturing, operations, and quality teams to resolve supplier and production challenges, driving continuous improvement in yield and manufacturability
Collaborate with cross-functional teams including electrical, wireless, software, and manufacturing engineering to address multi-disciplinary issues, such as mechanical-electrical interfaces, environmental sealing, and vibration robustness
Support vendor qualification and processes, ensuring mechanical components meet quality and performance expectations over the lifetime of our products
Contribute to DFM and DFA initiatives, simplifying assemblies, improving manufacturability, reducing part cost, improving part and assembly yield
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree (or higher) in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent with a strong foundation in mechanical design and product reliability
Deep curiosity with 3+ years experience hands-on development, testing and delivery of highly reliable complex systems
Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot, root-cause, and resolve mechanical, quality, assembly issues in volume production environments
Proven experience in product design, sustaining or reliability engineering, particularly within complex electromechanical systems or consumer products
A passion for continuous improvement, balancing speed and precision to enhance quality, reliability, and user experience
Expertise in 3D CAD (CATIA is a bonus) and familiarity with PLM systems for mechanical drawings, with attention to detail in tolerance analysis, GD&T
Demonstrated hands-on experience supporting assembly lines, FATP processes, and production factory environments
Deep understanding of injection molding, die casting, CNC machining, and sheet metal, plus familiarity working with electronics like PCBAs, cable assemblies and interconnects
Strong communication and collaboration skills working with domestic and international suppliers and multidisciplinary engineering and manufacturing teams
Experience with data-driven engineering using test data and field metrics to inform design or process improvements
Benefits
Equity in the form of stock options
Comprehensive benefits packages
Paid vacation time
Sick leave
Holiday pay
401K savings plan
Company
Skydio
Skydio uses artificial intelligence to create flying drones that are used by consumer, enterprise, and government customers.
501-1000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$740MKey Investors
Linse CapitalAndreessen HorowitzN47
2024-11-15Series E· $170M
2023-02-27Series E· $230M
2021-02-28Series D· $170M
Leadership Team
Adam Bry
Co-founder & CEO
Tom Moss
COO (2018-2020), CEO APAC (2020-2024), Chief Corp Dev (2024~)
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