Posted 1 month ago

Senior Engineer, Air Vehicle Fluid Systems (R4891)

United StatesOn-siteFull-time

AI Summary

Senior Fluid Systems Engineer responsible for designing and validating liquid cooling and hydraulic fluid systems for the X-BAT jet-engine VTOL UAV, coordinating with suppliers, performing system analyses, and owning multiple fluid subsystems.

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:

Shield AI is seeking a Senior Fluid Systems Engineer to support development of liquid cooling and hydraulic fluid systems for our groundbreaking jet-engine VTOL military UAV platform, X-BAT. You will design components and fluid systems, engage with suppliers, perform system and component analysis and sizing, and own multiple aspects of X-BAT’s fluid systems.

Required qualifications:

B.S. in Mechanical Engineering (or equivalent).

5+ years experience with fluid or hydraulic system design, component design, system analysis, supplier management, requirements management, etc.

Demonstrated ability to execute design, build, test with rigor at speed

Strong CAD skills (NX preferred)

Demonstrated proficiency with fluid or hydraulic system analysis, including 1^st principles, Simscape, Amesim, etc.

Ability to work independently in fast-paced, cross-functional teams

A demonstrated record of working hard, being trustworthy, holding yourself to high standards, and being kind to others

Preferred qualifications:

Experience with environmental and operational robustness (vibration/shock, thermal extremes, contamination, corrosion, sand/dust, etc.).

Experience supporting ground test and flight test campaigns and system checkout, failure investigations.

Familiarity with reliability and safety methods (DFMEA/FTA, fault containment, safe-state thinking) in collaboration with systems safety.

Skills

AmesimDFMEAEnvironmental RobustnessFailure InvestigationsFault ContainmentFirst PrinciplesFlight Test SupportFluid System DesignFTAGround Test CampaignsHydraulic System DesignNX CADRequirements ManagementSafe-state ThinkingSimscapeSupplier ManagementSystem AnalysisSystem CheckoutThermal TestingVibration Testing

Senior Engineer, Air Vehicle Fluid Systems (R4891)

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