Staff Mission Systems Engineer (R3443)
Shield AI
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Dallas County, TX, USA
Posted on Apr 30, 2025
Founded in 2015, Shield AI is a venture-backed defense technology company with the mission of protecting service members and civilians with intelligent systems. Its products include the V-BAT aircraft, Hivemind Enterprise, and the Hivemind Vision product lines. With offices in San Diego, Dallas, Washington, D.C., Boston, Abu Dhabi (UAE), Kyiv (Ukraine), and Melbourne (Australia), Shield AI’s technology actively supports U.S. and allied operations worldwide. For more information, visit www.shield.ai. Follow Shield AI on LinkedIn,X, YouTubeand Instagram.
Job Description:
Shield AI’s mission is to protect the lives of service members and civilians with intelligent systems. The Mission Systems Engineering team contributes to this effort by specifying, designing, integrating, and flight testing both in-house and off-the-shelf hardware on both V-BAT and our next-generation aircraft. This team works cross-functionally, both in the office and at our flight-testing facilities, to specify, integrate, and flight test avionics packages that enhance the mission capabilities of our aircraft.
In this role, you will work with electrical, mechanical, software engineers, along with program management on both the V-BAT and next-generation aircraft programs. Help us save lives as we strive to deliver the most highly reliable aerospace hardware in the industry.
What you'll do:
- Own requirements gathering, design, integration, and validation of multiple electrical systems for both V-BAT and our next-generation aircraft.
- Debug, root cause, and repair electrical hardware issues. Drive improvements to prevent reoccurrence and increase reliability. Become fluent with aircraft schematics, wiring diagrams, interfaces, communications, and mechanical design
- Support aircraft flight operations and data review the responsible authority for evaluating aircraft health, performance, real-time debug and resolution
- Deliver novel autonomous features through collaboration with Mechanical, Electrical, Embedded, Manufacturing, Product Management, Flight Test, etc.
- Use Python or Matlab to scrape data during testing and validation activities.
- Contribute to and attend cross-functional design reviews.
- Other duties as assigned.
Required qualifications:
- B.S. in Electrical Engineering or related STEM field.
- Active Top Secret Security Clearance.
- 3+ years engineering experience with electrical system design, integration, testing, debug, and repair
- Comfortable using circuit schematics and wiring diagrams
- Mastery of fundamental engineering concepts, including EE, Mech E, Programming, Physics, and Mathematics.
- Experience working on multidisciplinary hardware development projects, which can be from an internship, job, club, team, personal project, etc.
- Demonstrated history of showing ownership of project outcomes and delivering exceptional results.
- Record of working hard, being a trustworthy teammate, holding yourself and others to high standards, and being kind to others.
Preferred qualifications:
- Experience with Python or any scripting language.
- Experience with CAD tools such as SolidWorks, NX, CATIA, etc.
- Experience testing automotive or aerospace systems in the field.
- Demonstrated adaptability, agility, and the ability to innovate under pressure to meet dynamic project demands and drive successful outcomes.
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Full-time regular employee offer package:
Pay within range listed + Bonus + Benefits + Equity
Temporary employee offer package:
Pay within range listed above + temporary benefits package (applicable after 60 days of employment)
Salary compensation is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, licenses and certifications, and specific work location. All offers are contingent on a cleared background and possible reference check. Military fellows and part-time employees are not eligible for benefits. Please speak to your talent acquisition representative for more information.
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Shield AI is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.
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