- Robot type
- Drone · Defense
- Location
- TorranceCaliforniaUSA
- Job type
- Hardware
- Posted
- Jun 17, 2026
- Salary
- $165,500–$241,500 a year
Full-time
Lead Mechanical Engineer
Job description
Neros is a defense technology company rebuilding America’s drone industrial base. We design and manufacture high-performance unmanned systems that are tested in combat, iterated at startup speed, and built at massive scale. Our team culture is fast, hands-on, and obsessed with closing the gap between design and deployment.
Job responsibilities
- Own all aspects of hardware design to optimize for performance, high-volume manufacturability, and cost
- Gather requirements and translate these into defensible engineering architectures and decisions
- Perform detailed design trades by effectively leveraging CAD, FEA tools, prototyping, and engineering first principles
- Participate in and lead design reviews
- Create high-quality engineering drawings
- Root cause hardware failures and manufacturing issues
- Work with the Manufacturing and Supply Chain teams on build instructions, production tooling/fixtures, and vendor selection. Own these items yourself where necessary
- Plan and execute validation testing for your designs, working with the Flight Test team and other engineering teams as appropriate