Senior Avionics Electrical Engineer - Flight Systems

AI Chopping Block; Dallas, Northern (TX, KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Shield AI is seeking an experienced Electrical Engineer to join our team, focusing on the design, integration and troubleshooting of electronics systems critical to V-BAT aircraft. You will own the full hardware lifecycle, from concept through validation, including power management and complex analog/digital circuits.

The role requires a strong foundation in power and embedded systems, with a track record of delivering reliable, flight-ready hardware in demanding environments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering; or equivalent work experience.
• 10+ years of industry experience as an Electrical Engineer.
• Strong technical fundamentals.
• Experience with circuit design, schematic capture, component selection, circuit testing, and debugging.
• Demonstrated record of teamwork, integrity, and kindness.
• Proactively identify opportunities for improvement within hardware development projects, proposing innovative solutions.

Responsibilities

• Own flight critical avionics designs for V-BAT.
• Own circuit and sub-system design for V-BAT and its support equipment, including power management, analog, digital, servos, microcontrollers, sensors, radios.
• Lead others to execute design, verification, and manufacturing deployment.
• Provide mentorship and technical feedback to others on the power team and cross-functionally.
• Harden designs for harsh environments such as shock/vibe, high reliability, radiation, and high-altitude.
• Full-cycle hardware development from concept to testing and validation.
• PCB ownership: layout and design with ECAD engineers emphasizing power density, EMI, thermal, manufacturability.
• Design for Safety, Manufacturability and Reliability across safety-critical systems.
• Cross-functional collaboration with Mechanical, CAD, Embedded, Software, Supply Chain, Test Automation, Production and aircraft teams.
• Design review leadership and mentoring junior engineers.
• Program execution: manage timelines, deliverables, and milestones.
• Help define technical product requirements and features.

Skills

Electrical engineering

Power systems

Embedded systems

Control systems

Circuit design

Schematic capture

Mentorship

Project leadership

Reliability

Harsh environments

Education

Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering

Tools

ECAD tools

Job description

Shield AI is seeking an experienced Electrical Engineer to join our team, focusing on the design, integration and troubleshooting of electronics systems critical to V-BAT aircraft. You will own the full hardware lifecycle, from concept through validation, including power management and complex analog/digital circuits.

The role requires a strong foundation in power and embedded systems, with a track record of delivering reliable, flight-ready hardware in demanding environments.