Staff Engineer Actuated Systems
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.
Skills
Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will own the mechanical design and integration of aircraft actuated systems from concept through production-ready hardware. You will create CAD models and drawings, analyze installations, resolve vehicle interfaces, support suppliers and prototype builds, and execute qualification testing.
Requirements
- 5 to 12 years of mechanical systems design experience in aerospace or a comparable regulated industry.
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
- Mechanical design, kinematics, load paths, materials selection, GD&T, and tolerance stack-up expertise.
- Hand-calculation and basic FEA capability.
- 3D CAD modeling, mechanical layouts, drawing release, and PLM workflow experience.
- Actuator and mechanism installation experience.
- COTS and custom aerospace component sourcing, supplier management, and test-setup experience.
- Eligibility for a security clearance.
Responsibilities
- Develop system layouts and installation concepts for actuators, mechanisms, linkages, brackets, and hardware.
- Own detailed CAD design from concept through drawing release.
- Perform actuator sizing, kinematic layouts, installation analyses, hand calculations, and basic FEA.
- Define and resolve interfaces with structures, EWIS, EPS, thermal management, and adjacent systems.
- Develop CAD models, drawings, interface definitions, and design data packages.
- Support component selection, supplier execution, prototype assembly, and test-fixture development.
- Define and execute qualification test plans and support airworthiness certification.
Benefits
- Bonus
- Benefits
- Equity