Staff Electrical Engineer (R5988)

The role

You will support the design, development, integration and fielding of a next-generation autonomous aircraft system. The role covers circuit and sub-system design, embedded systems and sensors, and leading teammates on the same project.

What you will do

• Drive architecture, sub-system and circuit design for the next generation aircraft and its support equipment
• Support design and integration of embedded systems and sensors that enable aircraft autonomy and AI
• Help define technical product requirements and features
• Lead and mentor teammates working on the same project
• Own circuit part selection, schematic capture, simulation, verification, debugging and release to production
• Coordinate with mechanical, embedded, software, manufacturing and supply chain teams
• Manage your own project timelines and deliverables
• Conduct and attend cross-functional design reviews
• Work with Firmware to integrate logic designs into the build and release cycle
• Help develop automated test solutions

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, or equivalent work experience
• 8+ years of industry experience as an Electrical Engineer
• Strong technical fundamentals
• Contributed to and led multiple product design cycles involving EE, ME and SW engineering
• Track record of extreme ownership and delivering outstanding outcomes
• Track record of successfully shipping products through development cycles
• Proactively identify and implement improvements within hardware development projects

Benefits

• Bonus
• Equity (full-time regular employees)
• Benefits package (full-time regular employees; not for military fellows or part-time employees)
• Temporary benefits package after 60 days (temporary employees)

Before you apply

• All offers are contingent on a cleared background check and possible reference check
• Pay depends on skill set, experience, licenses and certifications, and work location

About the company

Shield AI is a venture-backed defense-tech company that builds intelligent systems to protect service members and civilians. Its products include Hivemind autonomy software, V-BAT and X-BAT aircraft, and Aechelon simulation technologies.