Senior Mechanical Engineer

Company: Vantage Robotics
Location: San Leandro
Posted on: April 8, 2021

Job Description:

Vantage RoboticsOur mission is to make the world a better and safer place by putting cutting-edge aerial camera capabilities into the hands of governments, companies, and first responders. We develop unprecedented airborne capabilities for missions ranging from wildlife monitoring to real-time visual intelligence. Our customers include several branches of the US Armed Forces, a Big Three automaker, CNN, State Departments of Agriculture, and Stanford University.
Your TeamYou'll be joining a small and growing team of supportive, collaborative, and high-performing engineers. We discuss our problems openly as a team, review each other's work across disciplines, and help each other to build, test, and grow. We place a high value on communication and respect and have a culture of owning and learning from our mistakes.
Our products are known for pushing the boundaries of the possible, and this wouldn't be possible without our passion for excellence and our comfort in taking bold risks. We also know that with risk comes the risk of failure: we view failures as opportunities to reflect and then improve our designs, processes, and teamwork. We believe in basing our decisions on sound engineering principles, but avoid getting caught in analysis paralysis; we have a bias for action and a strong culture of "build it".
YouWe are looking for an experienced Mechanical Engineer who has experience taking complex products/subsystems from concept through to production to join our team. We are exceptionally interested in your portfolio of projects and experiences that demonstrate your skills as a Mechanical Engineer and your unique contributions as our future teammate. This role will be a key part of our rapidly growing team contributing to the final development, production scaling, and sustainment of our Vesper and Vision products.
Your Responsibilities

• Design mechanical parts and assemblies for our aircraft, ground control station, and other key products and accessories
• Manage internal and external prototyping resources to build and test hardware designs
• Perform FEA analysis and modeling of components and systems
• Work closely with electrical engineers on layout and integration of PCBAs, flex circuits, antennas, and cable harnesses
• Interface with vendors and lead technical activity in partnership with the operations team
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to the team
  Key Qualifications
  • BS or MS in Mechanical Engineering or related discipline from an ABET-accredited program
  • Deep knowledge of Solidworks and surfacing
  • DFM expertise in injection molding, metal casting, 3D printing, and CNC machining required; sheet metal forming and composites fabrication desired
  • Demonstrated ability to own the design and implementation of multiple subsystems: concurrent development in 3D and 2D of 30-50 parts and assemblies
  • Strong experience with steady-state thermal analysis and system thermal management
  • Prototyping and general fabrication skills
  • Excellent documentation and communication skills
    Bonus Qualifications
    • Experience leading and growing a top-performing team
    • Aerospace industry experience
    • Experience with DFMA (processes and techniques including manual assembly, threaded joints, glued joints/adhesives, and fixturing)
    • Depth of experience with Finite Element Analysis (non-linear static, dynamic, thermal, CFD)
    • Working knowledge of electromechanical systems, especially brushless motor design/selection
    • Experience with embedded systems (PCB design, arduino, etc) and programming (Python, Jupyter Notebook, etc)
      Please note that we do not provide visa sponsorship at this time.

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