Product Design Engineer

About the Role

Skydio’s mechanical systems are the backbone of reliable autonomous flight. You will help architect, develop, and refine the structures, mechanisms and solutions that bring autonomous flight to a broad audience in a highly collaborative environment.

How You’ll Make An Impact

• Design mechanical parts and assemblies for aircraft, ground stations, and accessories, working alongside senior engineers on new architectures and taking ownership of components.
• Partner with electrical engineers to integrate custom PCBAs, flex circuits, antennas, and cable harnesses into mechanical designs.
• Work with vendors on technical questions and part reviews, in collaboration with operations and supply chain teams.
• Plan and run engineering tests, and use analysis to evaluate design trade-offs and verify that parts perform as intended.
• Follow designs through the full development cycle, from early prototypes to pre-production and mass production, and help manufacturing teams with assembly processes and quality and inspection criteria.
• Investigate and debug failures, digging into the details to find root causes.

What You’ll Get

• Mentorship from experienced mechanical engineers and regular design reviews.
• Hands-on exposure to the whole hardware lifecycle on products that ship at scale.
• A growing scope of ownership.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering or a related field (or graduating soon).
• Hands-on product or hardware experience through internships, co-ops, student design teams (e.g., Formula SAE, robotics, rocketry), research, or personal projects.
• Strong engineering fundamentals.
• Proficiency in 3D CAD (CATIA, SolidWorks, NX, Creo, or similar), including building multi-part assemblies.
• Familiarity with common manufacturing processes such as injection molding, CNC machining, casting, or sheet metal, and how they affect design decisions.
• Ability to create clear mechanical drawings, or eagerness to build this skill with mentorship.
• Curiosity, attention to detail, and a love of well-designed hardware.
• A collaborative mindset and comfort working in a fast-paced environment where priorities shift.

Nice To Have

• Experience with CATIA specifically.
• Exposure to GD&T, tolerance analysis, or FEA.
• Experience with composites or electromechanical systems (drones, consumer electronics, robotics, etc.).
• Experience rapidly prototyping with 3D printing, machine shop tools, or similar.