Mechanical R&D Engineer
Website Alteon Energy
Building airplanes that fly for ~417 days.
About Alteon
The Wright Brothers gave humanity flight, Alteon exists to give humanity (almost) perpetual
flight. Our mission is to build the world’s highest endurance aircrafts – ones that can fly for
up to ~417 days at a time.
We are a small, young team driven by pushing the limits of what’s possible – we don’t like
settling for good enough. We are here to build the best technology possible, the best
airplane possible, to do the best engineering possible. Limited only by the laws of physics.
About this role
As a Mechanical R&D engineer, you will be in the team that ensures that we are building the
best aircrafts possible. You will work alongside flight test, production and composite teams to
identify and solve hardware problems. You will own problems end-to-end from designing a
new part on the desk to then actually building it alongside the production team and testing it.
This role requires you to be able develop subject matter expertise on the fly in domains
across the spectrum – depending on what problem you are working on this week.
What you’ll do
– Collaborate with flight testing to identify mechanical problems across the aircraft and
own them end-to-end.
– Design new parts and mechanisms in Fusion when the problem calls for it – be able
to take them from a sketch to a flying part on the aircraft.
– Build test rigs, fixtures, and testing processes – including larger infrastructure like
accelerated life cycle testing setups.
– Use first order calculations and run experiments to validate & iterate your concepts
and parts.
– Develop subject matter expertise in whatever domain this week’s problem demands –
sealing, fatigue, materials, mechanisms, vibration, etc.
Skills & competencies
– You’ve gotten your hands dirty doing hands-on mechanical work across airplanes,
automotive, general robotics or anything else that had to work in the real world.
– You are proficient in CAD (Fusion 360, Solidworks, Etc)
– You have a working knowledge of design for manufacturing and GD&T
– You have hands-on experience with manufacturing & prototyping techniques across
the board – from 3d printing to sheet metal fabrication to composites.
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