Senior Hardware Product Packaging Engineer
Core
Design and execute customer-facing and enterprise-ready packaging for drones, including unboxing experiences, field cases, and production line pack-outs.
Role type
Senior Hardware Product Packaging Engineer (via careerplan.io/jobs/94b2391e-d1d4-4143-bcf7-869fd759f8b2-senior-hardware-product-packaging-engineer-at-skydio)
Builds
Commercial cartons, ruggedized field and transit cases, precision foam and molded-fiber inserts, multi-component kits, and accessory trays for aircraft, docks, controllers, batteries, and accessories.
Domain
Aerospace / Defense / Consumer Electronics
Required skills
3D CAD (CATIA preferred), 2D structural design and artwork workflows, design for packaging manufacturing processes (corrugated, foam conversion, thermoforming), transit and field test standards (ISTA, ASTM D4169, ATA 300, MIL-STD-810), vendor management and technical negotiation, lithium battery shipping compliance, prototyping.
Preferred skills
Ruggedized or mission-critical case experience, high-volume consumer electronics packaging experience.
Technologies
CATIA, 3D CAD, 2D structural design tools
Responsibilities
Lead design and execution of packaging from concept to mass production; design packaging parts and assemblies in 3D CAD with die lines; partner with industrial design and product management on unboxing experience; interface with mechanical, electrical, and material flow engineering; manage technical activity at vendors including RFQs and quality inspection; define and execute transit and field testing; own packaging compliance and labeling; support internal manufacturing with pack-out processes and work instructions; debug field damage and shipping returns.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC