Senior Mechanical Engineer (Robotics)

Location: Zürich, Switzerland; hybrid workplace

Company

hirify.global is a venture-backed robotics scaleup founded at ETH Zurich that builds aerial robots and data solutions for mining, construction, agriculture, humanitarian work, environmental monitoring, and wildlife monitoring.

What you will do

• Take new aircraft platforms from concept through prototyping, qualification, industrialization, series production, and initial ramp-up.
• Design, build, test, and iterate lightweight parts and assemblies for production readiness.
• Select materials and manufacturing processes while balancing performance, production volumes, unit cost, tooling investment, and lead times.
• Own design for manufacturing, assembly, quality, cost, and serviceability, including tolerances, interfaces, and process constraints.
• Work with electronics designers, test engineers, sourcing, suppliers, Production, and Production Engineering on feasibility, tooling, qualification, and handover.
• Deliver CAD, 2D drawings, tolerances, BOMs, material and process specifications, acceptance criteria, and a running production line.

Requirements

• Several years of experience taking mechanical products through the full lifecycle: prototype, series production, and customer quality monitoring; ideally for structurally critical products at volumes of hundreds to a few thousand units.
• Strong CAD, preferably SolidWorks/PDM, tolerance analysis, and material selection skills.
• Practical experience with injection molding and additive manufacturing for functional plastic parts.
• Ability to prototype quickly and pragmatically, then qualify and document products with discipline.
• Hands-on experience with builds, testing, and suppliers.
• Use of AI for design exploration, qualification planning, and data analysis, with careful validation of its output and willingness to share workflows.
• Curious, flexible, and collaborative approach with a drive to build new products.

Culture & Benefits

• Work in an international team of more than 125 employees at a venture-backed robotics scaleup.
• Feedback-driven environment with open communication, difficult questions, diverse viewpoints, continuous learning, and mutual support.
• Collaborative team culture that values teamwork over individual heroics.
• Structured, progressive, and unconventional startup environment.