Senior Electrical Engineer Fleet Support
Shield AI is a U.S. defense-technology company developing mission-autonomy software and autonomous aircraft for military and allied operations.
Funding history
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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.
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Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will provide customer-facing engineering support for aircraft electrical issues. You will diagnose avionics and electrical faults, troubleshoot hardware and wiring, maintain technical documentation, validate corrective actions, and turn recurring failure patterns into design and service improvements.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or a related discipline
- Five or more years of experience in avionics, aircraft electrical systems, embedded hardware integration, or aerospace electrical engineering
- Ability to interpret schematics, wiring diagrams, pinouts, and interface documentation
- Hands-on troubleshooting experience with harnesses, connectors, power systems, avionics hardware, and electrical integration
- Experience diagnosing intermittent failures
- Ability to support technical conversations with customers and internal engineering teams
- Ability to possess a Secret DoD security clearance
Responsibilities
- Serve as the electrical subject-matter expert for Fleet Support and lead escalated investigations
- Diagnose avionics, communication hardware, wiring, harness, power-distribution, connector, grounding, and intermittent electrical issues
- Troubleshoot aircraft electrical problems across aircraft, subsystem, harness, connector, and line-replaceable-unit levels
- Review and maintain schematics, pinouts, wiring diagrams, interface definitions, and troubleshooting documentation
- Use debug equipment to isolate faults and validate corrective actions
- Partner with software, mission systems, and RF engineers on cross-functional issues
- Identify recurring failure patterns and provide feedback to design, manufacturing, integration, and quality organizations
- Develop troubleshooting guides, repair recommendations, and service documentation
Benefits
- Bonus
- Benefits
- Equity
- Temporary benefits package after 60 days of employment