Staff Loads and Dynamics Analyst
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 develop and analyze structural and aerodynamic load cases for an air vehicle. You will lead maneuver, gust, landing, and ground-load analysis; build and validate loads models; assess aeroelastic stability; and support structural sizing. You will coordinate with engineering and test functions, maintain traceability, correlate flight data, and author technical documentation.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field.
- 8+ years of aircraft loads and aeroelastic analysis experience.
- Proficiency with FEMAP, NASTRAN, MATLAB, or relevant simulation environments.
- Understanding of aircraft flight envelopes, control-surface effects, and structural load paths.
- Experience supporting design and test phases with load predictions.
- Documentation, cross-functional collaboration, and communication skills.
Responsibilities
- Develop aerodynamic and structural load envelopes for the full vehicle.
- Lead maneuver, gust, landing, and ground-load analyses.
- Coordinate load cases with GNC, aerodynamics, and structural engineering.
- Develop and validate loads models using simulation tools and scripts.
- Support structural sizing through load maps and V-n diagrams.
- Conduct aeroelastic stability assessments.
- Maintain traceability across interfaces, FEA models, and design documentation.
- Support strain-gauge placement, instrumentation plans, and in-flight data correlation.
- Author and present loads documentation.
- Refine loads methodologies and automation.
Benefits
- Bonus
- Benefits
- Equity
- Temporary benefits package after 60 days of employment