Sign upLog in
Engineering Jobs

Founding Mechanical Engineer

voltairlabs.com

  • San Francisco, California
  • 30+ days ago

    Highlights

    As a Founding Mechanical Engineer at Voltair, you will own airframe development and reliability testing of an all-weather, autonomous aircraft designed to enable persistent observability of the largest physical infrastructure in the world. Design and implement sealing, gasketing, thermal anti-ice systems, conformal coating, and other environmental protection measures to ensure our robots can fly into rain, snow, and smoke.

    Numbers & Facts

    LocationSan Francisco, California
    Websitevoltairlabs.com

    Description

    As a Founding Mechanical Engineer at Voltair, you will own airframe development and reliability testing of an all-weather, autonomous aircraft designed to enable persistent observability of the largest physical infrastructure in the world.

    Key Responsibilities
    • Airframe Weatherization. Design and implement sealing, gasketing, thermal anti-ice systems, conformal coating, and other environmental protection measures to ensure our robots can fly into rain, snow, and smoke.
    • Thermal Management and avionics packaging Collaborate with electrical engineers to define component placement, thermal management, cable routing, and access panels. Balance CG, serviceability and EMI considerations.
    • DFM iteration: Refine airframe manufacturing methods for manufacturing at scale. Reduce part count, define tolerances, and work with contract manufacturers.
    • Charging Pad Mechanisms: Own the mechanical design of electromechanical systems both on the pad and on the airframe to ensure reliable alignment and capture.

    Required Skills & Qualifications
    • CAD: Mastery of SolidWorks/Onshape for assembly design
    • Analysis & Simulation: Proficiency in FEA and Modal Analysis
    • Design for Manufacturing (DFM): Experience optimizing designs for composite layups
    • Reliability Engineering: A track record of designing test fixtures and performing reliability testing for electromechanical systems.

    Similar Job Searches

    Systems Engineer Jobs in San Francisco, CAProduct Engineer Jobs in San Francisco, CADesign Engineer Jobs in San Francisco, CABuilding Engineer Jobs in San Francisco, CATooling Engineer Jobs in San Francisco, CAApplication Engineer Jobs in San Francisco, CAMechanical Engineer Jobs in Palo Alto, CAMechanical Engineer Jobs in Mountain View, CAMechanical Engineer Jobs in Oakland, CAMechanical Engineer Jobs in Fremont, CA

    Similar Jobs

    See more jobs