Role Details

Location

Dallas, Texas

Salary (est. USD)

~$140K - $220K (est. USD)

Estimated based on role seniority, company stage (Series F), and industry benchmarks. Actual compensation may vary.

How is this calculated?

Seniority band Senior / Lead

Base range $140K – $220K

Based on Web3 & AI industry compensation data. Seniority is inferred from role title keywords. Company stage affects ranges: early-stage (−15%), late-stage/public (+10%).

Department

Electrical

Type

Full-time

Vertical

Robotics

Hiring Manager

Best Guess

Job Description

Founded in 2015, Shield AI is a venture-backed deep-tech company with the mission of protecting service members and civilians with intelligent systems. Its products include the V-BAT and X-BAT aircraft, Hivemind Enterprise, and the Hivemind Vision product lines. With offices and facilities across the U.S., Europe, the Middle East, and the 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 X-BAT aircraft and the launch/recovery vehicle. Our team is designing a flight critical, custom avionics system to support communications, compute, AI, power, telemetry, and all other needed aircraft systems.

A Senior Electrical Engineer will be given ownership over part of the flight critical system design and work with all cross-functional teams to execute.

What you'll do:

Circuit and sub-system design for X-BAT and its support equipment. This includes cradle to grave ownership of architecture, design, analysis, schematic capture, layout, verification, qualification, integration, and manufacturing

Work with mixed signal systems that include high-speed digital, FPGA, compute, analog, power regulation, EMI/EMC, RF, etc.

Execute test and qualification campaigns. Including environmental test for vibration, altitude, radiation, thermal, humidity, etc.

Lead system integration of your design. Including troubleshooting and root cause analysis

Lead and mentor teammates

Work closely with cross-functional teams (mechanical, embedded, software, manufacturing, thermal, supplier development, reliability, supply chain, etc.)

Help automate manufacturing test solutions for volume production

Required qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering; or equivalent

A minimum of 3+ years of experience as an Electrical Engineer

Strong technical fundamentals

Contributed to and led multiple product design cycles involving EE, ME, and SW engineering

Familiar with CAD software such as Altium or equivalent

Familiar with a PLM system such as Arena or equivalent

Demonstrated track record of extreme ownership, working hard, and delivering outstanding outcomes

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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.

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Shield AI is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal 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.

About Shield AI

Defense AI company building the world's best AI pilot for autonomous drones and fighter jets.

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