Senior Staff Engineer, Structures and Vibration (6237)

Shield; Texas; On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Shield AI seeks a Senior Staff Structural Analysis & Vibration Engineer to serve as the SME for V-BAT structures, loads, and dynamics. You will own stress analysis, vibration requirements, and weight optimization across the VTOL platform, guiding design criteria and analysis methods.

You will mentor engineers in FEA and structural fundamentals, setting system-level requirements and material allowables to ensure robust performance of the aircraft in global operations.

Qualifications

• 12–15+ years of engineering experience on aircraft programs.
• Led or acted as the structural authority on an aircraft program.
• Experience with VTOL aircraft is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Own system loads, stress and dynamics analysis.
• Define vibration requirements and testing for flight hardware.
• Lead weight optimization and establish material allowables.
• Mentor engineers in FEA and structural fundamentals.
• Develop system‑level structural requirements and design criteria.

Skills

FEA

Structural analysis

Vibration analysis

Weight optimization

Mentoring

Job description

Shield AI is a venture-backed defense-tech company with the mission of protecting service members and civilians with intelligent systems. Its products include Hivemind autonomy software, V-BAT and X-BATaircraft, and Aechelon simulation and synthetic reality technologies. With offices and facilities across the U.S., Europe, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific, Shield AI’s technology actively supports operations worldwide. For more information, visit www.shield.ai. Follow Shield AI on LinkedIn, X, Instagram, and YouTube.

Job Description:

Shield AI is seeking a Senior Staff Structural Analysis & Vibration Engineer to serve as the structural and vibration subject-matter expert (SME) for V-BAT. V-BAT is a Group 3 vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) unmanned aircraft system in production and deployed with customers worldwide.

You will be the structural technical authority for V-BAT. You will own system loads, stress and dynamics analysis, vibration requirements and testing, and weight optimization.

This is a high-impact, company-level role. You will develop and define system-level structural requirements, design criteria, analysis methods, and material allowables that will guide structural work across V-BAT. You will also mentor engineers in FEA and structural fundamentals.

This role is ideal for engineers with 12–15+ years of experience who have served as the structural lead or technical authority on an aircraft program.