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Electrical Integration - Electrical Engineer II (R4627)

DallasOn-siteFull-time

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Responsible for integrating avionics systems, sensors, actuators, and payloads onto the X-BAT aircraft and Launch & Recovery Vehicle, supporting hardware bring-up, testing, and documentation throughout concept to production.

About this role

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 and 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.
This role is an exciting opportunity to be responsible for integrating avionics systems, sensors, actuators, and payloads onto the XBAT and Launch and Recovery vehicle ensuring from concept through production.

What you'll do:

  • Support integration of avionics systems, sensors, actuators, and payloads into the aircraft and launch/recovery vehicle
  • Assist in harness design
  • Support hardware bring-up, integration testing, and debugging
  • Participate in root cause investigations and corrective actions
  • Create and maintain integration documentation, test procedures, and verification reports
  • Work closely with mechanical, embedded, software, and manufacturing teams to resolve integration challenges
  • Support environmental and qualification testing of flight hardware
  • Contribute to continuous improvement efforts across hardware development projects

    • Required qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Mechanical, Aerospace, or Systems Engineering (or equivalent experience)
  • 0–3 years of relevant industry or internship experience
  • Strong fundamentals in electrical systems and hardware integration
  • Hands-on experience working with embedded systems, sensors, or power systems (academic projects acceptable)
  • Comfort working with lab equipment (oscilloscope, DMM, power supplies, etc.)
  • Strong troubleshooting mindset and willingness to work hands-on with hardware
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced, iterative development environment

    • Skills

    ActuatorsDebuggingDMMDocumentationEmbedded SystemsEnvironmental TestingFault IsolationHardware IntegrationHarness DesignIntegration TestingMil-std Or Aerospace Electrical FundamentalsOscilloscopePower SuppliesPower SystemsQualification TestingRoot Cause InvestigationSensorsTest ProceduresVerification Reports

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