Mechatronic Design & Test Engineer
Job description
Hands-on mechatronics engineer who designs, integrates and qualifies mechanical and mechatronic assemblies for Wingtra's drones and accessories, and builds and automates test and production QC rigs. The role sits in the Engineering team, based in Zurich, with time at production partners in Europe and the USA.
At a glance
- Work mode
- Remote · Zurich, Switzerland
- Languages
- English
What you'll do
- Design, integrate and qualify mechanical and mechatronic assemblies for the drone and its accessories, covering mounts and interfaces plus sensors and actuators working together
- Team up with electronics designers and suppliers to get designs that can be manufactured
- Develop qualification rigs and production QC setups
- Design fixtures and adapters in CAD, integrate PCBAs and instruments and wire sensors and actuators
- Bring up the whole system, debug and iterate it until it's reliable
- Integrate a Raspberry Pi and write Python tools for flashing, calibration and end-of-line checks
- Build the operator interface with serial-number traceability and robust data pipeline
- Design for testability; use requirements and FMEA to define tests and justify pass/fail limits
- Validate measurement accuracy and repeatability, diagnose faults and improve production yield
- Commission QC stations with the Production Engineers on shared infrastructure
- Support the Production Engineers' takeover and resolve issues through ramp-up
- Leave behind tools and documentation they can maintain
What we're looking for
- Depth in one engineering discipline
- Experience integrating mechanics, electronics and software into systems that work
- Practical ownership across disciplines
- Enjoyment of both product design and test engineering
- Building tools that make production floor colleagues faster and happier
- AI agents already help you learn, design, code and analyze; you check what they produce, invent better workflows and share what works with the team
- Prototype fast, debug systematically and keep going until something is reliable enough for someone else to use
- Based in Zurich
- Willingness to spend time with production partners in Europe and the USA during commissioning and ramp-up
Your team
Engineering
Engineering team with real ownership, from the first concept to a working production line
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About Wingtra
Venture-backed robotics scaleup founded more than 8 years ago at ETH Zurich, Europe's leading robotics university. Wingtra builds professional drones that help people map and understand the world and provides efficient and reliable data solutions to industries ranging from mining, construction and agriculture to humanitarian organizations, environmentalists and wildlife monitoring groups.
Mission
Build the best aerial robots to digitize the world at the push of a button and set the basis for faster and better decisions
Key facts
- 125+
- Robotics / drones
- Venture-backed robotics scaleup
- Founded more than 8 years ago at ETH Zurich
- Global and international team of 125+ dedicated Wingtranauts
- Early adopters of AI, building agents into everyday engineering
What they value
- Open communication
- Asking hard questions
- Valuing diverse viewpoints
- Never stop learning
- Striving to help each other reach our maximum potential
- Teamwork over being the individual superhero
- Feedback-driven culture