Shield AI

Senior Electrical Engineer

Shield AI$110K — $130K *
Aerospace & Defense
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or equivalent
  • 3+ years as an Electrical Engineer
  • Strong technical fundamentals
  • Experience in multiple product design cycles involving EE, ME, and SW
  • Familiar with CAD software such as Altium or equivalent
  • Experience with PLM systems like Arena or equivalent
  • Demonstrated extreme ownership and high performance

Responsibilities

  • Design circuits and systems for the X-BAT aircraft
  • Perform sub-system design with complete ownership from architecture to manufacturing
  • Conduct environmental testing and qualification campaigns
  • Oversee system integration and troubleshoot design issues
  • Lead and mentor junior team members
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams
  • Automate manufacturing test solutions for production

Benefits

  • Bonus structure
  • Equity options
  • Comprehensive benefits package
  • Temporary benefits package after 60 days for temp employees
Full Job Description
Job Description:

We are growing the Avionics Engineering team to support development of the X-BAT aircraft and the launch/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.

A Senior Electrical Engineer will be given ownership over part of the flight critical system design and work with all cross-functional teams to execute.

What you'll do:
  • Circuit and sub-system design for X-BAT and its support equipment. This includes cradle to grave ownership of architecture, design, analysis, schematic capture, layout, verification, qualification, integration, and manufacturing
  • Work with mixed signal systems that include high-speed digital, FPGA, compute, analog, power regulation, EMI/EMC, RF, etc.
  • Execute test and qualification campaigns. Including environmental test for vibration, altitude, radiation, thermal, humidity, etc.
  • Lead system integration of your design. Including troubleshooting and root cause analysis
  • Lead and mentor teammates
  • Work closely with cross-functional teams (mechanical, embedded, software, manufacturing, thermal, supplier development, reliability, supply chain, etc.)
  • Help automate manufacturing test solutions for volume production

Required qualifications:
  • Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering; or equivalent
  • A minimum of 3+ years of experience as an Electrical Engineer
  • Strong technical fundamentals
  • Contributed to and led multiple product design cycles involving EE, ME, and SW engineering
  • Familiar with CAD software such as Altium or equivalent
  • Familiar with a PLM system such as Arena or equivalent
  • Demonstrated track record of extreme ownership, working hard, and delivering outstanding outcomes
  • Ability to obtain a S//SAR level security clearance desired.

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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.
Learn more about Shield AI
Size
200 employees
Industry
Founded
2015

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