Avionics Specialist: Flight-Critical Systems & Wiring

Shieldai; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Health benefits

Bonus

Job summary

Shield AI is expanding its Avionics Engineering team to support the X-BAT aircraft. The role covers a flight-critical, custom avionics system for communications, compute, AI, power, telemetry, and related aircraft systems.

An Avionics Specialist supports the entire Avionics team across design, verification, procurement, manufacturing, and test, with responsibilities from test campaign setup to harness design and documentation in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience in an electrical engineering environment.

Responsibilities

• Set up and execute test campaigns for custom circuits and sub-systems.
• Support environmental qualification tests (temperature, vibration, altitude, humidity).
• Debug and root cause system and circuit issues.
• Design, verify, and deploy simple PCBAs.
• Architect, design, and build complex wire harnesses and cable assemblies.
• Assist with equipment procurement and lab setup for prototype avionics manufacturing.
• Capture results with detailed, clear documentation.

Skills

Electrical engineering

Team leadership

Independent work

Tools

Altium

Arena PLM

Job description

Shield AI is expanding its Avionics Engineering team to support the X-BAT aircraft. The role covers a flight-critical, custom avionics system for communications, compute, AI, power, telemetry, and related aircraft systems.

An Avionics Specialist supports the entire Avionics team across design, verification, procurement, manufacturing, and test, with responsibilities from test campaign setup to harness design and documentation in a fast-paced environment.