Mechanical Engineer - Enclosure Design

Swarm Aero is redefining air power, building the largest swarming UAV and the most versatile swarming aircraft network in the world. The company is moving quickly to launch the first aircraft designed specifically for swarming, as well as the Command & Control software to mobilize swarms of thousands of heterogeneous autonomous assets and empower human operators to achieve superhuman results.

The team has created and exited multiple startups, negotiated defense deals worth billions of dollars, and designed and built 30+ novel aircraft, with aerospace experience from Scaled Composites, Airbus, Archer Aviation, Blue Origin, and Boom Supersonic.

Swarm Aero is building autonomous UAV swarms that operate in contested environments where the electrical and avionics systems have to work every time. We need an engineer with experience designing electronics enclosures and structure for harsh environments. An engineer who can cross boundaries and work with all subsystems through avionics design, integration, and validation.

• Design and develop aircraft avionics enclosures and secondary structure, including analysis and test of your designs

• Work with the mechanical team to integrate avionics devices into the airframe by specifying or creating necessary mounts and brackets

• Assist in the definition and implementation of mechanical design standards and requirements for avionics enclosures

• Develop and maintain mechanical models, drawings, and ICDs using appropriate design tools

• Collaborate with suppliers to implement DFM practices to improve manufacturability, cost, and lead-time

• Support flight test anomaly investigation and drive root cause analysis on avionics faults related to mechanical systems

• Contribute to airworthiness documentation and flight authorization packages

• 3+ years of enclosure design experience on aerospace, defense, UAS platforms, or similar industries with harsh environments

• Strong familiarity with aerospace mechanical design standards and the ability to communicate design intent following ASME 14.5 GD&T

• Proficiency with CAD tools such as NX, Solidworks/Catia, Creo Parametric, or equivalent

• Experience designing with various materials such as aluminum, copper, polymers, composites, or similar

• Experience designing for various metal shaping processes such as CNC machining, laser cutting, waterjet, bending, stamping, or similar

• Experience with various coatings and sealants such as paint, plating, chemical conversion, or similar

• Experience taking components and systems from design through hardware integration and test

• US person status required; active security clearance a plus

• Experience specifically on UAS or unmanned aircraft programs

• Experience with electrical harness design, routing, and integration