Mechanical Engineer – Gearbox Systems for Autonomous Aircraft

Shield; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 81,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Benefits

Equity

Job summary

Shield AI is seeking a Mechanical Engineer on the Mechanisms team to design, develop, and integrate mechanical systems for autonomous aircraft. You will focus on gearboxes, gears, shafts, housings, lubrication, and related interfaces, delivering hardware from concept to release with guidance from senior engineers.

You will create CAD models and drawings, perform sizing and tolerance analyses, and help qualify components through testing and iterations, collaborating across engineering domains to

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• Fundamental mechanical engineering principles: statics, dynamics, materials, machine design.
• Experience with 3D CAD software and engineering drawings.
• Familiarity with GD&T and tolerancing.
• Ability to perform foundational engineering calculations.
• Hands-on interest in designing, building, integrating or testing hardware.

Responsibilities

• Support design and integration of mechanical mechanisms for autonomous aircraft.
• Create and update 3D CAD models, drawings, BOMs, and interface docs.
• Conduct component sizing, material selection, tolerancing, and packaging tasks.
• Perform basic structural, kinematic, and machine-design calculations with guidance.
• Assist with preliminary finite element analysis and document results.
• Support selection and integration of gears, bearings, shafts, seals, fasteners and lubrication components.
• Build, inspect, test, and iterate prototype hardware for performance and reliability.
• Support pre-production builds, aircraft integration, and flight testing.
• Investigate technical issues and contribute to root-cause and corrective actions.
• Collaborate with mechanical, propulsion, electrical, avionics, flight-controls, manufacturing, and test teams.
• Follow engineering, configuration-management, and release processes.
• Develop task plans, communicate progress and risks, and incorporate feedback.

Skills

Problem solving

Organization

Documentation

Communication

Team collaboration

Hands-on hardware

Fast learning

Trustworthy

Education

Bachelor's in Mechanical/Aerospace or related

Tools

NX CAD

Python

MATLAB

Job description

Shield AI is seeking a Mechanical Engineer on the Mechanisms team to design, develop, and integrate mechanical systems for autonomous aircraft. You will focus on gearboxes, gears, shafts, housings, lubrication, and related interfaces, delivering hardware from concept to release with guidance from senior engineers.

You will create CAD models and drawings, perform sizing and tolerance analyses, and help qualify components through testing and iterations, collaborating across engineering domains to