Senior Integration Engineer, Aerospace Vision Systems

Shield; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 144,000 - 217,000; Full time

Job summary

Shield AI is seeking an hands-on Integration Engineer to deploy, integrate, maintain, and support vision and detection systems on crewed and uncrewed aircraft across lab, production, and field environments.

The role bridges software, electrical, and mechanical disciplines, requiring precise configuration management, troubleshooting, and strong customer-facing communication. Expect up to ~50% travel and occasional after-hours work.

Qualifications

• Typically requires a minimum of 5 years of experience in field service, aerospace integration, electronics, avionics, mechatronics, or a related technical discipline with a Bachelor's or Associate's degree; or equivalent practical experience.
• Hands-on experience installing, integrating, maintaining, or troubleshooting electro-mechanical systems, electronic assemblies, sensors, computing hardware, or airborne payloads.
• Experience installing, configuring, updating, and verifying software or firmware on fielded systems while following release and configuration-control procedures.
• Ability to read and work from wiring diagrams, electrical schematics, mechanical and installation drawings, pinouts, work instructions, and technical manuals.
• Willingness to travel approximately 50% to support customer integration, deployments, demonstrations, exercises, and field activities.
• Ability to obtain a SECRET clearance.

Responsibilities

• Install, integrate, configure, and support deployment of vision systems on aircraft and supporting test assets.
• Load, configure, update, and validate software releases per release instructions and config-control processes.
• Perform system bring-up, functional checkout, and post-install verification of interfaces.
• Maintain hardware/software configuration records, including serial numbers and software versions.
• Read and apply mechanical drawings, wiring diagrams, schematics, and installation documents.
• Perform basic wiring and electro-mechanical work with connectors, cabling, and harness rework when allowed.
• Troubleshoot across software, electrical, network, and mechanical interfaces and document actions.
• Coordinate with engineering, production, quality, and customer teams to resolve issues and implement changes.
• Support customer deployments, demonstrations, and field activities including logistics and site readiness.
• Provide hands-on customer support and technical guidance for operation and maintenance.

Skills

Field hardware integration

Customer-facing communication

Troubleshooting

Linux/Windows proficiency

Education

Bachelor's or Associate degree

Tools

Linux

Windows

CAN

Ethernet

Oscilloscope

Job description

Shield AI is seeking an hands-on Integration Engineer to deploy, integrate, maintain, and support vision and detection systems on crewed and uncrewed aircraft across lab, production, and field environments.

The role bridges software, electrical, and mechanical disciplines, requiring precise configuration management, troubleshooting, and strong customer-facing communication. Expect up to ~50% travel and occasional after-hours work.