Electrical Integration - Electrical Engineer II (R4627)

Shield AI; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

A technology company in Texas seeks an Avionics Engineer to support integration of avionics systems for the X-BAT aircraft and Launch and Recovery Vehicle. The role involves hands-on work with embedded systems, sensors, and hardware integration. Candidates should have a Bachelor's degree in a relevant field and 0–3 years of experience. You'll collaborate across multiple teams to address integration challenges and ensure successful product development in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• 0–3 years of relevant industry or internship experience.
• Strong fundamentals in electrical systems and hardware integration.
• Comfortable working with lab equipment.

Responsibilities

• Support integration of avionics systems, sensors, actuators, and payloads.
• Create and maintain integration documentation and test procedures.
• Work closely with various teams to resolve integration challenges.

Skills

Electrical systems integration

Troubleshooting

Embedded systems

Hands-on lab experience

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Mechanical, Aerospace, or Systems Engineering

Tools

Oscilloscope

Digital Multimeter (DMM)

Power supplies

Job description

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 X-BAT 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

Equal Employment Opportunity

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.