Staff Engineer, M&P (R6072)

The role

You will develop, qualify and implement materials and manufacturing processes for flight-critical hardware on autonomous aircraft, from concept through production. You will work across teams to ensure material performance, process control, manufacturability and compliance.

What you will do

• Develop and maintain material specification database
• Develop and maintain manufacturing process specifications
• Provide guidance for fatigue and corrosion prevention
• Support environmental qualification testing
• Design and implement test plans for material, component and process qualification
• Develop and maintain QA inspection process specifications
• Work with suppliers to implement process specifications
• Assist with dispositioning of nonconformances
• Work with multifunctional teams to select materials and manufacturing processes

Required qualifications

• Working knowledge of relevant industry standards for coupon and element level testing and material qualification
• Working knowledge of manufacturing processes, including composite layups, secondary bonding, heat treatment and welding
• Knowledge of material properties, characterization methods and failure mechanisms
• Experience with test design, test execution and deriving material specifications from test results
• Experience with composite materials, including prepreg systems and secondary bonding
• Works well in a collaborative setting
• Experience developing process specifications
• Experience working with multifunctional teams in a collaborative setting
• All offers are contingent on a cleared background and possible reference check

Nice to have

• Experience with fatigue testing
• Experience with DADT testing
• Experience with non-destructive inspection

Benefits

• Bonus and equity for full-time regular employees
• Benefits for full-time regular employees
• Temporary benefits package for temporary employees, applicable after 60 days of employment

Before you apply

• 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 protects 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.