Staff Mechanical Engineer

Staff Mechanical Engineer | UAV | Northern California

Have you ever considered joining a UAV company at the stage where you can genuinely help build the foundations of something great?

CSG is partnered with a fast-paced UAV organisation in Northern California, hiring a Senior / Staff Mechanical Engineer with strong composite and metallic design experience.

This person will support the preliminary and detailed design of primary structures, mechanisms, and electrical housings for autonomous aircraft. As a senior member of the engineering team, you'll also provide technical guidance across the wider team.

Responsibilities include:
* Design and develop autonomous aircraft structures and hardware
* Work closely with internal teams, consultants, vendors, and contractors
* Develop and execute test fixtures and infrastructure
* Support hardware integration and flight testing
* Document designs, tests, and certification information
* Provide technical guidance to other engineers

What we're looking for:
* Aircraft experience, ideally UAV, eVTOL, aviation, or aircraft structures
* CAD experience
* Composite and structural design experience
* 5+ years' mechanical engineering experience
* Comfortable working on-site

This is a unique opportunity to join a UAV business working across both defence and commercial logistics programmes, with the chance to make a real impact on the aircraft and engineering team as they scale.

Interested? Please apply below.