Senior Mechanical Engineer (UAV, Drones)
Location: Odense, Denmark
Come work with us on the most urgent topic for European security and resilience as we build drone technology at scale for the defence of Europe.
Employment requires that the employee must be able to obtain a security clearance by the Danish Defense Intelligence Service. This entails, among others, that the employee's full household, as a minimum, has stayed within NATO/EU countries for the last 7 years, only interrupted by short stays abroad, and that none of the full household members has committed serious criminal offences.
The Senior Mechanical Engineer will be responsible for a significant portion of the mechanical design in the company, including architectural ownership, lifecycle oversight, design, manufacturing of prototypes and handing over to production.
Responsibilities:
- Actively contribute to the design of new products and improvements to existing.
- Define new concepts, iterate on ideas, and maintain development plans.
- Generate well-defined tasks for colleagues, students, assistants, consultants, and contractors.
- Take ownership and responsibility for a subset of products and drive it forward.
Requirements:
- True passion for your craft and tools: CAD/FEA, materials science, manufacturing technologies, related theory and mathematics.
- Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering or similar.
- 5+ years of experience working in aerospace, defense, automotive, or other related fields.
- Demonstrated experience working with complex multidisciplinary projects.
- Hands-on experience building/fixing prototypes or other mechanical systems. Not afraid of getting hands dirty, feels home in the workshop.
- Experience in design for mass production, including Design for Manufacture (DFM), Design for Assembly (DFA), and cost optimization initiatives.
- Eligibility to work on defense-related projects; security clearance required.
Very nice to have:
- Some exposure or previous experience working with UAV/FPV, Drones, Robots, etc.
- Passion for flying things, planes, drones, UFOs.
About us:
We're a fast-growing Nordic defence tech company developing and mass-producing pilot-assisted, expendable drone systems at scale.
We're running a flat organization with teams in Odense and Aarhus collaborating daily on tasks within R&D, product development, customer engagement and team activities. We work to make a difference for the defence of Europe and celebrate the many small milestones we as a team overcome as we grow. Our team is guided by a core set of values putting effectiveness of our products and decency as a company culture first.
We're tech-savvy and bring very different backgrounds and experiences into our team. We have the ability to invest as needed and feel the responsibility to give our part in bringing a sense of security back to Europe.