Senior Engineer, Air Vehicle Fluid Systems (R4891)

The role

You will support the development of liquid cooling and hydraulic fluid systems for the X-BAT jet-engine VTOL military UAV. You will design components and fluid systems, work with suppliers, and own several aspects of X-BAT's fluid systems.

What you will do

• Design components and fluid systems for liquid cooling and hydraulic systems
• Engage with suppliers
• Perform system and component analysis and sizing
• Own multiple aspects of X-BAT's fluid systems
• Support development of the X-BAT jet-engine VTOL military UAV platform

Required qualifications

• B.S. in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent
• 5+ years experience with fluid or hydraulic system design, component design, system analysis, supplier management and requirements management
• Demonstrated ability to execute design, build and test with rigor at speed
• Strong CAD skills
• Demonstrated proficiency with fluid or hydraulic system analysis, including first principles, Simscape, Amesim or similar
• Ability to work independently in fast-paced, cross-functional teams
• A record of working hard, being trustworthy, holding yourself to high standards and being kind to others

Nice to have

• Experience with environmental and operational robustness, such as vibration and shock, thermal extremes, contamination, corrosion, and sand or dust
• Experience supporting ground test and flight test campaigns, system checkout and failure investigations
• Familiarity with reliability and safety methods such as DFMEA, FTA, fault containment and safe-state thinking, in collaboration with systems safety
• CAD experience with NX

Benefits

• Bonus
• Equity (full-time regular employees)
• Benefits package (full-time regular employees)
• Temporary benefits package, applicable after 60 days of employment (temporary employees)

Before you apply

• An S//SAR security clearance is desired
• All offers are contingent on a cleared background and possible reference check
• Military fellows and part-time employees are not eligible for benefits

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.