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Consumer appetites for on-demand services are increasing, but current delivery methods are inefficient, costly, and contribute to road accidents and air pollution. Wing’s fleet of highly automated delivery drones can transport small packages directly from businesses to homes on-demand, in minutes. We design, build, and operate our aircraft, and offer drone delivery services on two continents. Our technology is designed to be easy to integrate into existing delivery and logistics networks, offering a scalable drone delivery solution for a broad range of businesses. Wing is a part of Google's parent company, Alphabet, and our mission is to create the preferred means of delivery for the planet. If you're ready to do the greatest work of your life, come join us.\nAbout the Role:\nWing is looking for an Electrical Engineering Lead to join our Electrical Engineering Team. This role is onsite based in Palo Alto, CA. 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They are committed to fostering a collaborative and inclusive work environment where every team member is empowered to leverage their strengths in order to deliver robust and elegantly simple solutions to difficult problems.\nWhat You’ll Do:\nManage, mentor, and guide a team of electrical engineers with diverse backgrounds who drive the development of Wing’s growing portfolio of aircraft and ground support hardware\nEncourage innovation and technical leadership across all areas of electronic hardware development and related processes\nFoster personal growth by assigning each team member to projects tailored to their skill levels, long-term goals, personalities, and work styles\nSet clear expectations and create a positive, supportive, and inclusive work environment\nSupport the performance review process and provide effective feedback\nHire and develop new talent to improve our capabilities, enhance our capacity, and execute on product development opportunities\nImplement both tactical and strategic team and org-based improvement initiatives\nDrive cross-functional consensus building in a dynamic environment and promote strong, “silo-free” communication and collaboration between teams\nSupport schedule/budget development and coordinate with program management\nHelp define streamlined hardware development and verification processes\nProvide focus and technical leadership in design reviews\nIdentify and mitigate potential risks/issues throughout the project life cycle\nActively reduce complexity by fostering simple and elegant designs/solutions\nChampion product safety and reliability for systems and components with the highest level of integrity\nWhat You’ll Need:\n10+ years of hardware development engineering experience; 5+ years of managerial experience\nProven track record of building, leading, and managing high-functioning design and/or technical teams\nAbility to inspire and coach individuals and groups to achieve career development and performance goals\nProven track record of building relationships, fostering collaboration, driving conflict resolution, and working cross-functionally with multidisciplinary teams\nExperience managing priorities in ambiguous situations; strives in a fast paced environment, adapts quickly to new requirements\nProven track record and expertise in design of embedded systems on simple microcontrollers and complex SoCs\nPractical knowledge of how to quickly prototype and test designs as well as experience with high-volume production manufacturing\nProficient in CAD software and EPDM (Altium/Agile preferred) \nCreative problem-solving experience\nFamiliarity with UAS specific systems designs - navigation, perception, motors, batteries, and flight controls\nPassion for or interest in aviation. \nThe US base salary range for this full-time position is the salary range below + bonus + equity + benefits. 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