Senior Staff Engineer Aerostructures Stress Analyst RX
Shield AI is a U.S. defense-technology company developing mission-autonomy software and autonomous aircraft for military and allied operations.
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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 lead structural analysis for UAV airframes and critical components. You will define finite-element models and load cases, perform static through damage-tolerance analyses, validate models against tests, optimize structures, guide test strategy, review technical deliverables, mentor analysts, and partner with engineering disciplines on aircraft performance.
Requirements
- B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related field
- 10+ years of experience in structural analysis, aircraft structures, or aerospace systems
- Expertise with FEA tools such as ANSYS, NASTRAN, or HyperWorks
- Advanced proficiency in hand calculations for strength, stability, fatigue, and damage tolerance
- Experience with composite and lightweight aerospace structures
- Experience supporting structural testing, model correlation, and flight-test validation
- Ability to lead complex technical workstreams and influence design decisions
- Experience presenting analysis findings to engineering leadership
Responsibilities
- Lead structural analysis for UAV airframes, major substructures, and critical components
- Define and execute finite-element modeling approaches, load cases, assumptions, and margin assessments
- Perform and oversee static, modal, fatigue, vibration, and damage-tolerance analyses
- Establish practices for hand calculations, model validation, and analysis-to-test correlation
- Drive structural optimization across performance, weight, cost, and manufacturability
- Support structural test strategy and correlate test results to analysis
- Review structural analysis deliverables, test reports, and technical documentation
- Mentor and technically guide structural analysts
- Partner with design, loads, aerodynamics, propulsion, and systems teams
- Improve analysis methodologies and structural standards
Benefits
- Bonus
- Benefits
- Equity
- Temporary benefits package after 60 days of employment