Responsibilities
- Contribute to the design, development, and integration of airframes and key mechanical assemblies for the WingtraOne and future drone platforms
- Drive iterative redesigns to improve performance, solve production issues, reduce cost, or save weight
- Ensure Design for Manufacturability (DfM) and Design for Assembly (DfA) for composite, machined, and injection-molded components
- Create and maintain high-quality CAD models, tolerance stack-ups, drawings, and BOMs
- Conduct root-cause analysis and lead mechanical design validation through lab and field testing
- Collaborate closely with electrical, firmware, and test engineers to ensure seamless system integration
- Support supplier ramp-up and quality improvement efforts with production and supply chain teams
- Take part in drone flight testing and leverage test results to drive hardware improvements
- Document designs, decisions, and test results to support future development and internal best practices
Requirements
- B.Sc. or M.Sc. in Mechanical / Aerospace / Mechatronics Engineering or a related field
- 2–5 years of experience in mechanical product development, ideally in drones, robotics, RC systems, or aerospace
- Strong foundation in mechanical design, lightweight structures, materials, and manufacturing processes
- Hands-on mindset: you enjoy building and testing prototypes using 3D printing, machining, or composite layups
- Skilled in CAD (SolidWorks preferred), including assemblies, drawings, and tolerance management
- Familiar with DfM/DfA principles and working with external suppliers and manufacturing partners
- Experience designing lightweight, structurally efficient parts, with an understanding of trade-offs between weight, manufacturability, and robustness
- Basic understanding of flight dynamics and aerodynamics, including how structural design affects in-flight behavior
- Structured, independent problem solver with a proactive mindset
- Curiosity, resilience, and a desire to grow both technically and professionally
- Fluent in English
- Collaborative, humble, and eager to learn
Plus
- Experience building or flying RC planes, VTOLs, or other drone platforms
- Experience using FEA or CFD tools to inform and validate your mechanical designs and improve structural or aerodynamic performance.
- Exposure to systems engineering, including requirement definition and traceability
- Experience with PDM systems (e.g., SolidWorks PDM)
- Worked on cost-down or weight-optimization projects
- Basic Python skills to support test automation or log analysis
- Experience supporting project planning or coordinating design milestones
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What We Do
Wingtra is the world's leading VTOL drone producer, headquartered in Switzerland. Since its market entry in early 2017, Wingtra has partnered with more than 80 of the biggest surveying equipment dealers across 50+ countries worldwide. Based in the heart of Zurich, Switzerland, Wingtra houses 100+ employees, out of which more than 40 focus on R&D. The majority of Wingtra's engineers are graduates of one of the best science universities in the world, ETH Zurich. The same engineers design and assemble drones in-house and form Wingtra's support team, which is based in Europe and the Americas. Our WingtraOne drone carries best-in-class sensors that collect survey-grade aerial data. This technologically-superior VTOL UAV is used by mapping professionals for applications that range from surveying and mining, to wildlife monitoring. WingtraOne PPK offers an all-in-one solution: broad coverage, brilliant resolution and absolute accuracy down to 1 cm (0.4 in)
