Senior UAS Logistics & Sustainment Specialist

Shield AI; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 126,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Equity

Benefits

Job summary

Shield AI seeks a Staff Product Support Specialist to own logistics planning, supply support, and sustainment for a next‑gen autonomous aircraft system, spanning development, flight test, production, and operations. You will lead logistics products and supportability analyses, working with engineering and program teams to ensure mission readiness.

Ideal candidates have hands‑on Maintenance Task Analysis experience, reliability/maintainability skills, and a proven ability to coordinate across

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in logistics, engineering, supply chain, aviation maintenance, business, or a related field.
• 6+ years of experience supporting UAS, fighter, or military aircraft logistics and sustainment.
• Hands-on experience performing Maintenance Task Analysis and developing maintenance planning data.
• Knowledge of Logistics Control Number structures and provisioning, maintenance planning, and analysis.
• Experience with Reliability and Maintainability principles and availability metrics.

Responsibilities

• Execute logistics and sustainment planning activities for assigned UAS subsystems across design, production, deployment, and field support phases.
• Develop and maintain integrated logistics support products, including maintenance concept inputs, support equipment requirements, provisioning data, and sustainment documentation.
• Perform Maintenance Task Analysis to define maintenance tasks, frequencies, tools, and labor hours.
• Build and maintain Logistics Control Number structures to support provisioning and data management.
• Support reliability and maintainability activities, including LORA inputs and failure mode reviews.
• Execute supply support activities, including spares analysis, provisioning, forecasting, and inventory planning.
• Coordinate with engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, field operations, suppliers, and repair vendors to resolve issues and ensure timely availability of parts and resources.
• Provide logistics inputs to proposals, Basis of Estimates, and cost estimates while ensuring compliance with standards and export controls.

Skills

Logistics planning

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Independent work

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in logistics/related field

Equivalent military or defense logistics experience

Tools

PowerLOG J

SLICwave

COMPASS

CASA

OPUS10

EAGLE

Job description

Shield AI seeks a Staff Product Support Specialist to own logistics planning, supply support, and sustainment for a next‑gen autonomous aircraft system, spanning development, flight test, production, and operations. You will lead logistics products and supportability analyses, working with engineering and program teams to ensure mission readiness.

Ideal candidates have hands‑on Maintenance Task Analysis experience, reliability/maintainability skills, and a proven ability to coordinate across