Staff Electrical Engineer Hardware Test
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 lead the strategy, architecture, and roadmap for electrical test equipment supporting aircraft subsystems. You will develop reusable test platforms, establish engineering and safety standards, guide complex equipment through deployment and sustainment, improve aircraft testability, investigate failures, and mentor engineers.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, related STEM discipline, or equivalent practical experience
- 8+ years of relevant industry experience developing complex electrical hardware, automated test equipment, or multidisciplinary verification systems
- Experience leading multiple hardware development cycles from ambiguous requirements through sustained use
- Expertise in relevant electrical engineering domains
- Ability to architect systems spanning electronics, instruments, harnessing, embedded control, automation software, mechanical equipment, and facility interfaces
- Knowledge of requirements decomposition, interface control, verification planning, configuration management, acceptance testing, and technical documentation
- Experience establishing technical standards or reusable platforms
- Experience resolving complex cross-domain failures through root-cause analysis and corrective action
- Technical communication and mentoring experience
Responsibilities
- Own the technical strategy, architecture, and roadmap for electrical test equipment
- Identify verification risks and convert them into prioritized investments and development plans
- Define common architectures for test racks, instrumentation, automation, diagnostics, and operator interfaces
- Lead complex test-equipment programs from requirements through sustainment
- Set engineering standards for schematics, PCB and harness design, calibration, documentation, and release readiness
- Establish safety expectations for energized test equipment
- Lead architecture, design, and readiness reviews
- Define testable requirements, electrical interfaces, observability, fault isolation, and verification approaches
- Develop equipment reliability, maintainability, calibration, obsolescence, and recovery strategies
- Lead root-cause investigations and corrective actions
- Direct vendors, integrators, technicians, and partner teams
- Define and use test-equipment operating metrics
- Mentor engineers and improve technical review quality
Benefits
- Bonus
- Benefits
- Equity
- Temporary benefits package after 60 days of employment