Senior Electrical Engineer — Avionics & Autonomous Flight

Shield AI; Dallas, Northern (TX, KY); Hybrid; USD 86,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Equity

Benefits

Job summary

Shield AI is seeking an Electrical Engineer to join our team, focusing on the design, integration and troubleshooting of electronics systems critical to our V-BAT aircraft. You will own flight-critical avionics, drive hardware choices, and mentor teammates in a fast-paced environment.

You will lead full-cycle hardware development, emphasize safety and reliability, and collaborate across Mechanical, Embedded and Software teams to deliver robust, high-performance solutions that advance autonomous

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 teamwork, high standards, and collaboration.
• Proactive improvement of hardware development processes to boost efficiency, quality, and reliability.

Responsibilities

• Own flight critical avionics designs for V-BAT.
• Own circuit and sub-system design for V-BAT and its support equipment.
• Lead others to execute design, verification, and manufacturing deployment.
• Provide mentorship and technical feedback to power team and cross-functionally.
• Harden designs for harsh environments (shock/vibe, high reliability, radiation, high-altitude).
• Full-cycle hardware development from concept to validation and testing.
• Drive PCB layout and design with ECAD engineers, optimizing for power, EMI, thermal, manufacturability.
• Design for Safety, Manufacturability and Reliability across the product lifecycle.
• Collaborate with Mechanical, CAD, Embedded, Software, Supply Chain, Test Automation, Production teams.
• Lead design reviews and mentor junior engineers.

Skills

Circuit design

Schematic capture

Testing & debugging

Power management

System architecture

Cross-functional collaboration

Mentorship

Project leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering

Equivalent work experience

Tools

ECAD software

PCB layout tools

Circuit simulation

Job description

Shield AI is seeking an Electrical Engineer to join our team, focusing on the design, integration and troubleshooting of electronics systems critical to our V-BAT aircraft. You will own flight-critical avionics, drive hardware choices, and mentor teammates in a fast-paced environment.

You will lead full-cycle hardware development, emphasize safety and reliability, and collaborate across Mechanical, Embedded and Software teams to deliver robust, high-performance solutions that advance autonomous