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Following the close of a $200M Series B, valuing the company at $1.4 billion, we are expanding our teams and capabilities to deliver mission-critical systems to allied forces.\nOur work is guided by clear values: building technologies with real-world impact, pursuing excellence in everything we do, setting ambitious goals, and taking on the hardest technical challenges. We operate in a demanding environment where rigor, ownership, and execution are expected.\nWe are seeking a high-drive, hands-on Senior Mechanical Engineer to join our dedicated Quadcopter Airframe team in Lausanne. In this role, you will own the end-to-end mechanical architecture of our flagship multirotor platforms-from initial CAD concept and structural design to payload packaging, physical prototyping, and production release.\nFrom day one, you will take full ownership of real hardware: designing complex assemblies in SolidWorks, solving heat and vibration challenges, running lab validation, and driving parts through production alongside our cross-functional engineering teams.\nWhat You Will Do\nQuadcopter & Subsystem Architecture: Lead the mechanical design and modeling of lightweight quadcopter structures, fuselages, chassis, motor mounts, and quick-release mechanisms in SolidWorks from concept to production.\n\nElectromechanical Packaging: Lead spatial layouts and enclosure design to integrate electrical components (PCBs, wire harnesses, power distribution, motors, and sensors) tightly into custom airframe volumes.\n\nRapid Prototyping & Physical Testing: Build functional prototypes and execute hands-on lab validation-including vibrational testing, modal analysis, thermal chamber runs, drop testing, and assisting with flight tests.\n\nSimulation & Thermal Analysis: Perform structural (FEA), modal, and thermal simulations alongside tolerance stack-up analyses to ensure designs withstand extreme defense operational environments.\n\nDFM & Production Documentation: Partner with Industrialisation, Procurement, and suppliers to optimise parts for plastic injection molding, CNC machining, sheet metal, and additive manufacturing.\n\nAssembly Enablement: Support Industrialisation engineers in defining assembly sequences, designing build jigs and fixtures, and training production operators to ensure high build quality and fast throughput.\n\nWhat We Are Looking For\nBackground: M.Sc. or B.Sc. 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