Senior Hardware Engineer - Drone Port (m/f/d)

At Quantum Systems, we are building the next generation of autonomous aerial systems. The Drone Port enables our UAV platforms to launch, land, charge and return to mission readiness autonomously.

As a Senior Hardware Engineer, you will be the technical point of contact for core hardware topics across the Drone Port product. You will guide hardware development from concept and prototypes through verification and validation, supporting the product lifecycle through series readiness and customer demonstrations.

You will work closely with Mechanical Engineering, Embedded Software, Systems Engineering, Testing, Manufacturing, Procurement and external development partners and suppliers. Your work will help deliver reliable, available and manufacturable hardware for current and future Drone Port generations.

What is your Day to Day Mission:

• Act as the technical point of contact for key hardware topics across the Drone Port product.

• Develop and assess hardware concepts for future Drone Port generations, and support architecture and design decisions.

• Guide the hardware development lifecycle from concept through prototypes, technical verification and system validation.

• Contribute to PCB, wiring harness and system designs with internal teams and external development partners.

• Plan, build and commission hardware prototypes, and support integration, testing and customer demonstrations.

• Provide technical leadership to the hardware and electronics development team, and technical support to the Drone Port Testing team.

• Support Embedded Software, Mechanical Engineering, Systems Engineering and Manufacturing with hardware expertise.

• Own hardware bills of materials, component availability and technical documentation, keeping records accurate and current.

• Coordinate technical orders and manage hardware inventory and development materials incl. in-house workshop management.

• Work with Procurement, Manufacturing and suppliers to ensure hardware is available when development milestones require it.

• Prepare hardware procurement decisions in line with defined budgets and development needs.

• Deliver hardware solutions on time and meet product quality and reliability goals.

• Continuously improve the hardware architecture for robustness, maintainability and manufacturability, and support the technical development of future Drone Port generations.

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What you bring to the team:

• A degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics or a comparable discipline.