Manager Environmental Control Systems and Thermal Engineering
Shield AI is a U.S. defense-technology company developing mission-autonomy software and autonomous aircraft for military and allied operations.
Funding history
Investors
About Shield AI
Founded in 2015, Shield AI builds Hivemind autonomy software and V-BAT and X-BAT aircraft for operations in contested, GPS- and communications-denied environments. Its current site also presents Aechelon synthetic-reality simulation and Vision Systems detection and tracking products.
Skills
Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will lead and develop engineers responsible for environmental control systems, thermal management, fluid systems, and related hardware. You will guide architecture, requirements, design, integration, testing, suppliers, flight readiness, risk management, and technical problem solving.
Requirements
- US citizenship and an active Secret or higher clearance
- 8+ years of experience in aerospace environmental control systems, thermal engineering, fluid systems, or comparable aircraft mechanical systems development
- Experience directly managing and developing individual contributors
- Bachelor's or master's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related technical discipline
- Thermodynamics
- Heat transfer
- Fluid dynamics
- Aircraft thermal management
- System architecture, requirements, design, integration, and verification leadership
Responsibilities
- Manage, mentor, and develop individual contributors
- Set priorities, ownership, staffing, and execution cadence
- Guide ECS and thermal architecture, design trades, and reviews
- Set expectations for requirements, verification, risk management, configuration control, and design release
- Resolve vehicle interfaces across engineering disciplines
- Lead component, qualification, ground, and flight-test planning
- Oversee component specifications, supplier reviews, prototype builds, and acceptance activities
- Conduct technical analysis and root-cause investigations
- Communicate decisions, risks, progress, resources, and dependencies
Benefits
- Bonus
- Benefits
- Equity