
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.
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 include a 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, comfort working with lab equipment, strong troubleshooting mindset and willingness to work hands-on with hardware, ability to work in a fast-paced, iterative development environment.
Company

Tech, Software & IT Services • Manufacturing • Public Safety
Shield AI is a leading deep-tech company dedicated to developing intelligent systems for defense and national security applications. Founded in 2015, Shield AI specializes in the design and deployment of cutting-edge robotics and autonomy solutions, including the V-BAT and X-BAT aircraft, alongside its Hivemind software suite. The company’s core value proposition lies in providing advanced AI-powered perception and decision-making capabilities to protect service members and civilians. With a global presence and active operational support worldwide, Shield AI offers challenging and impactful opportunities for engineers, software developers, and robotics professionals seeking to contribute to a vital mission.
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