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

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.

Shield AI is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.

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