Shield AI is a venture-backed defense-tech company with the mission of protecting service members and civilians with intelligent systems. Its products include Hivemind autonomy software, V-BAT and X-BAT aircraft, and Aechelon simulation and synthetic reality technologies. With offices and facilities across the U.S., Europe, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific, Shield AI’s technology actively supports operations worldwide. For more information, visit www.shield.ai. Follow Shield AI on LinkedIn, X, Instagram, and YouTube.
Job Description:
We are growing the Avionics Engineering team to support development of the X-BAT aircraft and the Launch and Recovery Vehicle. Our team is designing a flight critical, custom avionics system to support communications, compute, AI, power, telemetry, and all other needed aircraft systems.
This role is an exciting opportunity to be responsible for integrating avionics systems, sensors, actuators, and payloads onto the XBAT and Launch and Recovery vehicle ensuring from concept through production.
What you'll do:
Support integration of avionics systems, sensors, actuators, and payloads into the aircraft and launch/recovery vehicle
Assist in harness design
Support hardware bring-up, integration testing, and debugging
Participate in root cause investigations and corrective actions
Create and maintain integration documentation, test procedures, and verification reports
Work closely with mechanical, embedded, software, and manufacturing teams to resolve integration challenges
Support environmental and qualification testing of flight hardware
Contribute to continuous improvement efforts across hardware development projects
Required qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Mechanical, Aerospace, or Systems Engineering (or equivalent experience)
0–3 years of relevant industry or internship experience
Strong fundamentals in electrical systems and hardware integration
Hands-on experience working with embedded systems, sensors, or power systems (academic projects acceptable)
Comfort working with lab equipment (oscilloscope, DMM, power supplies, etc.)
Strong troubleshooting mindset and willingness to work hands-on with hardware
Ability to work in a fast-paced, iterative development environment
Ability to obtain a S//SAR level security clearance desired.
