Senior Electrical Engineer, Fleet Avionics & Field Support

Shieldai; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Benefits

Equity

Job summary

Shield AI is seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer to serve as the electrical SME for the V-BAT Fleet Support team. You will own customer-facing engineering support for aircraft electrical issues across the fielded fleet and act as a bridge between Fleet Support and avionics, electrical, software, and systems engineering teams.

This role requires strong avionics and aircraft electrical troubleshooting experience, with the ability to move fluidly between schematic-level analysis, hardware debug,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related discipline.
• 5+ years of experience in avionics, aircraft electrical systems, embedded hardware integration, or aerospace electrical engineering.
• Strong ability to read and interpret schematics, wiring diagrams, pinouts, and interface documentation.
• Hands‑on experience troubleshooting harnesses, connectors, power systems, avionics hardware, and electrical integration issues.
• Experience diagnosing intermittent failures caused by vibration, temperature, installation, environment, or interface mismatch.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the electrical SME for Fleet Support and lead escalated investigations involving aircraft electrical and avionics issues.
• Diagnose avionics system issues, onboard communication hardware issues, wiring and harness problems, power-distribution faults, connector failures, grounding issues, and intermittent electrical anomalies.
• Troubleshoot aircraft electrical problems at the aircraft, subsystem, harness, connector, and line-replaceable unit levels.
• Review and maintain schematics, pinouts, wiring diagrams, interface definitions, and troubleshooting documentation used by Fleet Support and customer teams.
• Use standard debug equipment to isolate faults, validate corrective actions, and support return-to-service decisions.
• Partner closely with software, mission systems, and RF engineers on issues that cross electrical, software, and communications boundaries.
• Identify recurring failure patterns and drive clear feedback into design, manufacturing, integration, and quality organizations.
• Develop field-ready troubleshooting guides, repair recommendations, and service documentation for the Fleet Support organization.

Skills

Avionics systems expertise

Electrical troubleshooting

Schematic & wiring diagrams

Field support communication

RF coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Job description

Shield AI is seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer to serve as the electrical SME for the V-BAT Fleet Support team. You will own customer-facing engineering support for aircraft electrical issues across the fielded fleet and act as a bridge between Fleet Support and avionics, electrical, software, and systems engineering teams.

This role requires strong avionics and aircraft electrical troubleshooting experience, with the ability to move fluidly between schematic-level analysis, hardware debug,