Founding Mechanical Engineer

Streamline Systems (F26)

We're building the replacement for GPS, a low-cost navigation module that positions platforms and guides drones without satellites. It's flying today. Now we need it hardened, productised and manufacturable.

I'm looking for a founding mechanical engineer with extremely high agency. It already flies; you'll own how the system comes together and integrates onto real drones, end-to-end. You will be out in the field testing with customers, not sitting behind a laptop.

I don't care about degrees. I care that you've actually built drones - hobby projects, personal builds and garage tinkering count for more than any fancy piece of paper.

You should have:

• Built drones before: designed, assembled and flown real UAVs (hobby and personal projects absolutely count)
• CAD experience for enclosures, mounts and airframe integration
• Hands-on with autonomous drones running ArduPilot, INAV or PX4

Nice to have:

• Systems integration across mechanical, electrical and software
• Prototyping, 3D printing and rapid iteration
• FPV and/or fixed wing piloting experience 
• Thermal, vibration and environmental testing for real-world conditions
• Manufacturing and design-for-assembly experience

Why join:

• Solve a genuine national-security gap for the US, UK and allies
• Extreme ownership. You make the calls, no bureaucracy.
• $50–100k + 0.5–2% equity (more for the right person)
• $10k/year for a side project of your choosing passion project or something we build into the product

SF for the batch, US/UK be flexible on location. US/UK citizens only. If this is you, apply now.

Early-career? If you've built and flown your own drones and want to prove yourself, I'll trial you as an intern with a path to full-time, tell me what you've built and flown.