Senior Fluids Systems Engineer
Shield AI
What you will do in this role:
- Serve as the RE for the design, integration, and validation of fuel, oil, and bleed air systems.
- Define system requirements, interfaces, and performance goals.
- Design and evaluate components for both compressible and incompressible flows, considering transients, heat rejection, and environmental extremes.
- Address challenges such as level sensing, vapor pressure, cavitation, vapor ingestion, slosh, and pressurization.
- Support and lead component and system-level ground and flight testing.
- Analyze test and flight data to validate performance, close margin, and refine designs.
- Collaborate with suppliers and internal teams to manage build and instrumentation requirements.
- Contribute to fault analysis, safety assessments, and operational reliability planning.
Required qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related field.
- 5+ years of experience owning or contributing to aerospace fluid systems.
- Strong foundation in fluid dynamics, thermodynamics, and fluid system component design.
- Demonstrated experience in system integration and hardware testing.
- Proficiency in analysis tools (e.g., Python, GFSSP, REFPROP, ANSYS).
- U.S. Citizenship or ability to comply with ITAR requirements.
Preferred qualifications:
- Experience with UAVs, tactical aircraft, or jet/rocket propulsion systems.
- Knowledge of compressibility effects, slosh dynamics, and G-loading considerations.
- Familiarity with system instrumentation and test data analysis.
- M.S. in Aerospace or Mechanical Engineering or a related discipline.