Staff Technician, Electrical Engineering (R6076)

Shieldai; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Equity

Benefits

Job summary

Shield AI is expanding its Avionics Engineering group to develop the V-BAT aircraft's flight-critical, custom avionics system. The Avionics Technician supports the electrical team across design, verification, procurement, manufacturing, and testing of V-BAT electrical systems and circuit boards.

The role requires 6+ years in an electrical engineering setting, bench testing with EE tools, and hands-on fabrication/design of harnesses and boards.

Qualifications

• 6+ years in an electrical engineering lab or equivalent.
• Benchtop testing experience with basic EE equipment (multimeter, oscilloscope, electronic load, thermal chamber).
• Ability to design basic test fixtures.
• Ability to fabricate wire harnesses from engineering drawings.
• Potential to design basic wire harnesses or simple circuit boards.
• Ability to rework circuit boards down to 0402 parts.
• Proficient reading and interpretation of schematics.
• Experience on multidisciplinary hardware development projects.
• Demonstrated ownership of project outcomes and reliable teamwork.

Responsibilities

• Support Avionics team across design, verification, procurement, manufacturing and test.
• Collaborate with Electrical Engineering to design and verify V-BAT electrical systems and circuits.
• Perform bench tests, troubleshooting and documentation of hardware.

Skills

Bench testing

Circuit board repair

Wire harness fabrication

Schematic reading

Hardware integration

Ownership mindset

Tools

Multimeter

Oscilloscope

Electronic load

Thermal chamber

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:

We are growing the Avionics Engineering team to support development of the V-BAT aircraft. Our team is designing a flight critical, custom avionics system to support communications, compute, AI, power, telemetry, and all other needed aircraft systems.

An Avionics Technician supports the entire Avionics team and other cross-functional teams. It is an essential role spanning design, verification, procurement, manufacturing, and test. You will work specifically with the Electrical Engineering team as they design and verify all V-BAT electrical systems and circuit boards.

• 6+ years working in an electrical engineering lab or equivalent
• Experience performing benchtop testing with basic EE equipment (multimeter, oscilloscope, electronic load, thermal chamber, etc.)
• Can design basic test fixtures
• Can fabricate wire harnesses based on engineering drawings
• May be able to design basic wire harnesses or simple circuit boards
• Able to rework circuit boards down to at least 0402 parts
• Proficiency reading and interpreting schematics
• Experience working on multidisciplinary hardware development projects, which can be from an internship, job, club, team, personal project, etc…
• Demonstrated history of showing ownership of project outcomes and delivering exceptional results
• Record of working hard, being a trustworthy teammate, holding yourself and others to high standards, and being kind to others

Full-time regular employee offer package:

• Pay within range listed + Bonus + Benefits + Equity

Temporary employee offer package:

• Pay within range listed above + temporary benefits package (applicable after 60 days of employment)

Salary compensation is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, licenses and certifications, and specific work location. All offers are contingent on a cleared background and possible reference check. Military fellows and part-time employees are not eligible for benefits. Please speak to your talent acquisition representative for more information.

Shield AI is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed toequal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.