Senior Manager, Hardware Design Engineering

Skydio
San Mateo
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeUSD 230,000 - 325,000 annuallyFunction: Design (Product/UX/UI/Visual)Skills: ["Leadership","Cross-functional collaboration","Analytical problem-solving","Attention to detail","Root-cause analysis"]

Lead product design engineering for a drone vehicle platform, taking it from concept through production. Manage the mechanical team responsible for the F10 winged vehicle and ground dock systems, while integrating compute, sensors, connectivity, and aerodynamics. Partner cross-functionally with electrical, flight core, software, quality/reliability, program management, supply chain, manufacturing, testing, and operations. Drive architecture decisions, prototype-to-mass-production execution, vendor technical ownership, engineering tests, and failure root-cause analysis.

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Senior Manager, Hardware Design Engineering

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Job Summary

Lead product design engineering for a drone vehicle platform, taking it from concept through production. Manage the mechanical team responsible for the F10 winged vehicle and ground dock systems, while integrating compute, sensors, connectivity, and aerodynamics. Partner cross-functionally with electrical, flight core, software, quality/reliability, program management, supply chain, manufacturing, testing, and operations. Drive architecture decisions, prototype-to-mass-production execution, vendor technical ownership, engineering tests, and failure root-cause analysis.
Location: San Mateo
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Design (Product/UX/UI/Visual)
Seniority: Sr. Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Lead development of a vehicle platform from concept to production, integrating compute, sensors, connectivity, and aerodynamics for autonomous drone systems.
  • •Manage the mechanical team delivering the F10 winged vehicle and ground systems/dock to market.
  • •Drive new product development from prototype through mass production in collaboration with cross-functional teams across engineering, quality, program management, supply chain, manufacturing, testing, and operations.
  • •Identify and drive architecture and technology downselections, considering aero, weight, thermal, and reliability implications.
  • •Define and execute engineering tests, evaluate system trade-offs, and debug failures through root-cause investigation.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 230,000 - 325,000 annually
Perks:Health InsuranceEquity401kPaid LeaveHoliday Pay

Key Requirements

  • •Experience managing product development teams with a proven track record delivering technically challenging products.
  • •Strong system-level design skills, mapping technical dependencies and translating requirements into execution.
  • •Aerospace/aviation design experience with first-principles approaches to mechanical, thermal, and systems-integration problems.
  • •Mastery of 3D CAD for complex assemblies; experience with CATIA is strongly preferred.
  • •Experience designing for manufacturing processes such as injection molding, metal casting, CNC machining, sheet metal forming, and composites.
Skills:LeadershipCross-functional collaborationAnalytical problem-solvingAttention to detailRoot-cause analysis
Tech Stack:3D CADCATIARTOLPCBAsFlex circuitsCNC machiningSheet metal formingInjection molding

Company Brief

Skydio
Designs and manufactures autonomous consumer and enterprise drones using AI-powered vision and navigation systems for inspection, mapping, public safety, and industrial applications. Focuses on rugged, fully autonomous flight and end-to-end drone solutions.
Industry: Drones & Aerial Logistics
Company Size: Large (251 to 1,000 employees)
Growth: Scaleup
Valuation: Unicorn (USD 1B+)
Funding: Series D
Headquarters: San Mateo, United States
Founded: 2014
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