Prototype Design and Integration Engineer

Overview

You contribute to a cross-divisional project shaping autonomous flight for UAS. In Getafe, you lead preliminary design and integration work on experimental platforms, tackling multi-system interfaces and rapid prototyping. You collaborate with engineering teams to ensure airworthiness, structural integrity, and SWaP-C optimization for test missions. This role offers hands-on influence on cutting-edge flight test programs and sensor payload integration. You will work in a fast-paced R&D environment with a strong emphasis on practical, robust solutions.

Responsabilidades

• Lead preliminary mechanical, structural, and electrical design for UAS prototypes and modular payload enclosures
• Define and manage ICDs for attachments, power, thermal, and data interconnects between sensors and flight test platforms
• Conduct platform integration studies to adapt systems into diverse flight assets, ensuring balance and minimal aeromechanical impact
• Accelerate iterations with rapid manufacturing, 3D printing, CNC fabrication, and wire harness integration
• Oversee ground integration, fit-checks, and thermal/EMI risk reduction prior to flight trials
• Coordinate with structural, system safety, and airworthiness teams to establish permit-to-fly documentation and safe-for-flight criteria
• Balance payload requirements with airframe boundaries, optimizing SWaP-C across variants

Requisitos principales

• - 5+ years in aerospace mechanical design, physical systems integration, or rapid prototyping
• Proven ability to develop multi-disciplinary ICDs and integrate airborne equipment
• Proficiency in 3D CAD (CATIA V5/3DX, Solid
• Works) for preliminary packaging and assemblies
• Understanding of weight and balance, load paths, thermal dissipation, and basic aerodynamics for external modifications
• Hands-on prototyping: additive manufacturing, tooling, and harness assembly
• Familiarity with modification design principles, DO-160 environmental qualification, and experimental flight permits (EASA/national authorities)
• Systems thinking with pragmatic approach in fast-paced R&D
• Fluent English (C1) and Spanish
• Willingness to travel nationally and to Europe for flight testing
• collaborative mindset
• systems thinking
• pragmatic and decisive technical judgment
• 3D CAD (CATIA V5/3DX, Solid
• Works)
• multi-disciplinary ICD development
• rapid prototyping and additive manufacturing