UAS Integration Engineer

About the role

The UAS Integration Engineer plays a critical role in the development and integration of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) and their payloads for government programs, focusing on Group 1 and Group 2 platforms. This position combines mechanical design with cross-disciplinary integration work, requiring a blend of design engineering and UAS systems expertise.

Responsibilities

• Design UAS structures, mounts, brackets, enclosures, and payload interfaces using CAD software (SolidWorks, Fusion 360), ensuring weight, balance, and structural integrity.
• Integrate payloads—such as sensors, EO/IR cameras, communications equipment, radios, antennas, and mission-specific hardware—onto Group 1 and Group 2 UAS platforms, ensuring mechanical fit and electrical compatibility.
• Support quick-turn design, prototyping, and iteration of UAS solutions using CAM software to prepare parts for machining, 3D printing, and fabrication.
• Apply Design for Manufacturability and Design for Assembly principles to reduce cost and complexity while improving quality and reliability.
• Travel to test sites, customer locations, and demonstrations to support integration and evaluation activities (approximately 25%).

Requirements

• Competent in CAD and CAM software (SolidWorks, Fusion 360).
• Hold a Mechanical or Electrical Engineering degree.
• Open to travel up to 25%.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related discipline (Aerospace Engineering also applicable).
• 2+ years of relevant engineering experience; strong recent graduates with significant project, internship, or hands-on UAS/robotics experience will be considered.

Skills

• Demonstrated competency in CAD and CAM software, specifically SolidWorks and/or Fusion 360.
• Strong grasp of mechanical design fundamentals, tolerancing, and design for manufacturability and assembly.
• Basic mechanical and electrical aptitude, including comfort with hand tools, test equipment, soldering, and wiring.
• Highly organized and deadline-driven, with strong attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple integration tasks at once.

Benefits

• Clear written and verbal communication skills.
• Willingness and ability to travel up to 25%.

Pay

Commensurate with experience.

Schedule

Not specified.

Benefits

• Not specified.

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