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We design and build our own aviation-grade drones that deliver food, coffee, groceries, and more - directly from local stores and vendors to people’s doors in just a few minutes.\nWe’re a team that Drive with Impact, are Safety Focused, and knows that the best ideas come from Team Players who show up as their Authentic Selves. We move fast, we are passionate about what we do, and we’re always pushing a growth mindset to be better - in everything we do.\nIf you want to build world-changing technology with real-world impact (and have a bit of fun while doing it), you’ll love it here.\nWelcome to Manna - where we deliver the future.\nAbout the Role\nManna is building and operating the future of autonomous drone delivery. Our aircraft are designed, manufactured, tested, and operated in real-world commercial environments, where reliability, safety, manufacturability, and performance matter every day.\nWe are looking for a Senior Mechanical Design Engineer - Airframe & Structures to take a leading role in the design, analysis, validation, and production readiness of our next-generation aircraft platforms.\nThis is a hands-on senior engineering role for someone who wants to own meaningful mechanical design work, solve complex structural and integration challenges, and see their designs move rapidly from concept through test, production, and operational deployment.\nYou will work across aircraft structures, airframe design, mechanical integration, materials, manufacturing processes, and validation. You will be expected to bring strong engineering judgement, first-principles thinking, and practical design experience to help deliver aircraft that are robust, lightweight, scalable, and suitable for safety-critical operations.\nWhat You’ll Do\nLead the design and development of structural and general mechanical systems for Manna’s aircraft platforms.\nOwn mechanical design work from concept through CAD, analysis, prototype build, test, design release, and production support.\nDesign airframe structures, brackets, interfaces, mechanisms, enclosures, and integrated mechanical systems.\nAnalyse structures under static, dynamic, vibration, fatigue, thermal, and operational loading conditions.\nUse CAD, FEA, CFD, hand calculations, and test data to make clear engineering decisions.\nDrive lightweight, robust, manufacturable design solutions that meet aircraft-level performance and safety requirements.\nApply DFM/DFA principles across machined parts, sheet metal, composites, moulded components, additive parts, and assemblies.\nConduct tolerance analysis and apply GD&T to ensure repeatable, production-ready designs.\nDevelop and support mechanical test plans, DVPs, test rigs, validation builds, and data analysis.\nWork closely with manufacturing, quality, supply chain, electrical engineering, software, test, and operations teams to resolve system-level challenges.\nSupport suppliers and manufacturing partners to ensure parts are scalable, cost-effective, and production ready.\nLead root cause investigations and corrective actions for mechanical issues found during build, test, or operation.\nMentor junior engineers and contribute to stronger design standards, better reviews, and improved engineering practices.\nRequirements\nWhat We’re Looking For\n7+ years of experience in mechanical design, ideally with a focus on structures, airframes, aerospace, robotics, automotive, or complex electromechanical systems.\nStrong 3D CAD capability using tools such as 3DExperience, CATIA, SolidWorks, NX, Creo, or equivalent.\nStrong understanding of structural design, materials, load paths, stiffness, strength, fatigue, vibration, and mechanical robustness.\nExperience using FEA, CFD, thermal analysis, hand calculations, and physical test data to validate designs.\nExperience designing parts and assemblies for real manufacturing processes, including CNC machining, sheet metal, composites, injection moulding, additive manufacturing, or production assembly.\nStrong knowledge of tolerance analysis, GD&T, engineering drawings, BOMs, and release documentation.\nHands-on experience with prototyping, test rig development, environmental testing, vibration testing, or mechanical validation.\nAbility to work across disciplines and understand mechanical interfaces with electrical systems, manufacturing processes, software constraints, and aircraft-level requirements.\nStrong communication skills, with the ability to explain technical decisions, trade-offs, risks, and recommendations clearly.\nAbility to manage multiple priorities in a fast-moving hardware development environment.\nNice to Have\nExperience in drones, aerospace, aviation, robotics, or another safety-critical hardware environment.\nExperience with airframe design, lightweight structures, composite structures, propulsion integration, or aircraft environmental protection.\nFamiliarity with aerospace standards, environmental test standards, or regulated product development.\nExperience supporting products through prototype, validation, design release, and production ramp.\nExperience mentoring engineers or leading technical workstreams.\nWhat Success Looks Like\nYou will be successful in this role if you can turn complex aircraft-level problems into simple, robust mechanical designs; 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