Shield AI

Electrical Integration - Electrical Engineer II (R4627)

Shield AI$80K — $95K *
Aerospace & Defense
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Electrical, Mechanical, Aerospace, or Systems) or equivalent experience
  • 0-3 years of relevant industry or internship experience
  • Strong understanding of electrical systems and hardware integration
  • Hands-on experience with embedded systems, sensors, or power systems (academic projects included)
  • Familiarity with lab equipment like oscilloscopes and power supplies
  • Strong troubleshooting skills with a hands-on approach to hardware
  • Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, iterative development environment

Responsibilities

  • Support integration of avionics systems, sensors, and payloads into aircraft and vehicles
  • Assist in the design of harness systems
  • Conduct hardware bring-up and integration testing
  • Participate in investigations for root causes and implement corrective actions
  • Create and maintain documentation, test procedures, and verification reports
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to address integration challenges
  • Support environmental testing and qualification of flight hardware
  • Contribute to ongoing improvements in hardware development

Benefits

  • Bonus opportunities
  • Equity options
  • Regular full-time employee benefits
  • Temporary benefits after 60 days for temporary employees
Full 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. #LI-JM2 #LB Full-time regular employee offer package: Pay within range listed + Bonus + Benefits + Equity Temporary employee offer package: Pay within range listed above + temporary benefits package (applicable after 60 days of employment) Salary compensation is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, licenses and certifications, and specific work location. All offers are contingent on a cleared background and possible reference check. Military fellows and part-time employees are not eligible for benefits. Please speak to your talent acquisition representative for more information.

About Shield AI

Shield AI is a defense technology company that develops artificially intelligent systems for military applications. The company was founded in 2015 by Brandon Tseng, Ryan Tseng, and Andrew Reiter, and is headquartered in San Diego, California. Shield AI's products include autonomous drones and software that can be used for reconnaissance, surveillance, and other military operations. The company's mission is to reduce the number of military casualties by providing soldiers with better intelligence and situational awareness. Shield AI has received funding from a number of investors, including Andreessen Horowitz and Founders Fund.
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200 employees
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Founded
2015

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