Mechanical Engineer

Hardware Engineer Opportunity

This isn't a role where you disappear into a cubicle and wait for someone else to build your designs. You'll join a tight-knit hardware team in San Diego where your mechanical work goes from concept to field test in days, not months. With in-house 3D printing and a bias toward rapid iteration, you'll see your enclosures, drone attachments, and packaging solutions take flight—literally.

If you're the kind of engineer who wants to design it, build it, and watch it survive the real world, this is your spot.

You'll take full ownership of physical hardware from concept through manufacture. That means designing and overseeing production of Dongle Cases and Bridge Boxes—the ruggedized electronic enclosures that form the backbone of our ground station and communications infrastructure. You'll also lead our swarm packaging program: specifying, sourcing, and customizing Pelican case configurations with precision-cut foam inserts so that vehicles and ground equipment survive transport and deployment in demanding field environments.

Beyond enclosures, you'll design, test, and manufacture drone attachments and physical modifications—from simple mounting brackets to complex multi-axis actuators. You'll collaborate with the engineering team on mechanism design, prototyping, and field validation for our self-contained, rapidly deployable systems with integrated logistics, charging, and launch capability.

Most hardware roles move at a crawl. Here, our compact platform lets you prototype and iterate quickly, with a bias toward field-testable designs. You'll travel to see your work in action, troubleshoot on the fly, and make changes that matter immediately. It's a role for someone who wants to build things that actually get used—and used hard.

Location:

San Diego, CA (on-site)

Compensation: $90,000 – $137,000 per year

Type:
Full-time, with full benefits