Senior Electrical Engineer - Autonomous Aircraft Systems

Shieldai; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Shield AI seeks an experienced Electrical Engineer to design, integrate, and field a next-generation autonomous aircraft system. You will own circuit selection, schematic capture, simulations, and verification in a fast-paced development environment.

Ideal candidates bring 8+ years of EE experience, strong fundamentals, and a track record of shipping complex hardware while leading cross-disciplinary teams across EE, ME, and SW engineering.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering; or equivalent work experience.
• 8+ years of industry experience as an Electrical Engineer.
• Strong technical fundamentals.
• Led multiple product design cycles involving EE, ME, and SW engineering.
• Demonstrated ownership and track record of shipping high-quality hardware solutions.
• Proactively identify opportunities for improvement within hardware development projects and aircraft reliability.

Responsibilities

• Drive architecture, sub-system, and circuit design for next generation aircraft and its support equipment.
• Support the design and integration of complex embedded systems and sensors which enable aircraft autonomy and AI.
• Help define technical product requirements and features.
• Lead and mentor teammates working on the same project.
• Own circuit part selection, schematic capture, simulation, analysis, verification, debugging, and release to production.
• Coordinate with cross-functional teams (mechanical, embedded, software, manufacturing, supply chain).
• Manage project timelines and deliverables.
• Attend cross-functional design reviews.
• Work closely with Firmware to integrate applicable logic designs into the build/release cycle.
• Provide feedback to other teams where applicable.
• Help develop automated test solutions.
• Proactively identify opportunities for improvement within hardware development projects, demonstrating initiative to propose and implement innovative solutions that enhance efficiency, quality, and overall project success and aircraft reliability.

Skills

Electrical engineering fundamentals

Leadership

System design

FPGA design

Circuit simulation

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent

Tools

FPGA

Schematic capture

Circuit simulation

Job description

Shield AI seeks an experienced Electrical Engineer to design, integrate, and field a next-generation autonomous aircraft system. You will own circuit selection, schematic capture, simulations, and verification in a fast-paced development environment.

Ideal candidates bring 8+ years of EE experience, strong fundamentals, and a track record of shipping complex hardware while leading cross-disciplinary teams across EE, ME, and SW engineering.