Mechanical Engineer I - Gearbox & Mechanisms for Autonomous Aircraft

Speedrun Talent Network; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

Shield AI is seeking a Mechanical Engineer to help design, integrate, and test mechanical systems for autonomous aircraft. You will contribute to gearbox development, create and update 3D CAD models, and work with internal teams and external partners to meet performance and reliability goals.

Responsibilities include component sizing, tolerance analysis, and performing foundational calculations under guidance from senior engineers.

Qualifications

• 0-1 years of related experience with a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related technical field
• Familiarity with dimensional tolerancing and GD&T fundamentals
• Academic, internship, student-team, research, or project experience using 3D CAD software

Responsibilities

• Support the design and integration of mechanical mechanisms for autonomous aircraft, potentially including gearboxes and other power-transmission systems
• Create and update 3D CAD models, engineering drawings, bills of materials, and interface documentation
• Complete defined design tasks involving component sizing, material selection, tolerance analysis, and mechanical packaging
• Perform foundational structural, kinematic, and machine-design calculations with guidance from senior engineers
• Assist with preliminary finite element analysis and document assumptions, methods, and results
• Support the selection and integration of gears, bearings, shafts, splines, seals, fasteners, and lubrication components
• Help build, inspect, test, and iterate prototype hardware for functionality, performance, and reliability
• Support pre-production builds, aircraft integration, and ground and flight testing
• Investigate well-defined technical issues, document findings, and contribute to root-cause and corrective-action activities
• Collaborate with mechanical, propulsion, electrical, avionics, flight-controls, manufacturing, and test teams
• Follow established engineering, configuration-management, and product-release processes
• Develop plans for assigned tasks, communicate progress and risks, and incorporate feedback from teammates

Skills

3D CAD (NX)

GD&T fundamentals

Mechanical design

Tolerance analysis

Cross-team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical/Aerospace Engineering or related field

Tools

NX CAD

MATLAB

Job description

Shield AI is seeking a Mechanical Engineer to help design, integrate, and test mechanical systems for autonomous aircraft. You will contribute to gearbox development, create and update 3D CAD models, and work with internal teams and external partners to meet performance and reliability goals.

Responsibilities include component sizing, tolerance analysis, and performing foundational calculations under guidance from senior engineers.