Engineer II, Electrical (R5111)

The role

This engineer will design, integrate and troubleshoot power systems for the V-BAT aircraft and its ground support systems. The work covers circuit and sub-system design, avionic troubleshooting and release to production, in close work with mechanical, embedded, software and manufacturing teams.

What you will do

• Design circuits and sub-systems for V-BAT and its support equipment, including power management, analog, digital, servos, microcontrollers, sensors and radios
• Design and integrate complex power systems
• Lead avionic systems troubleshooting and root cause analysis
• Own component selection, schematic capture, simulation, analysis, verification, debugging and release to production
• Work with mechanical, embedded, software, manufacturing and supply chain teams
• Work with Firmware to integrate logic designs into the build and release cycle
• Find and implement improvements to hardware projects that raise efficiency, quality and aircraft reliability

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, or equivalent work experience
• Experience as an electrical engineer, such as full-time, internship, co-op or engineering club work
• Strong technical fundamentals
• Demonstrated track record of extreme ownership, working hard and delivering outstanding outcomes

Nice to have

• Experience in complex power system design

Benefits

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

Before you apply

• All offers are contingent on a cleared background check and possible reference check
• Military fellows and part-time employees are not eligible for benefits
• Salary depends on skill set, experience, licences 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.