Staff Electrical Engineer - Sustaining
Shieldai in Dallas Metro Area
Introduction to Shield AI
Shield AI’s mission is to protect service members and civilians with intelligent systems. Shield AI is a fast growing, venture-backed defense-technology company built around a team of proven executives, distinguished warfighters, and world-class AI engineers. Since 2018, Shield AI’s products and people have supported operations around the world with the US Department of Defense and our allies.
Are you a passionate, innovative, experienced engineer with a
background in Product Development and Sustaining Engineering looking to help develop state-of-the-art AI and hardware products? Are you eager to make a positive difference in the world? Do you want to work alongside mission driven and values focused teammates? Shield AI is just the place for you!
As a Staff Electrical Engineer – Sustaining, you will be responsible for supporting the electrical design and production development of Shield AI's autonomous UAV and quadcopter products. You will be the interface between engineering and manufacturing, supporting production deployment of new products, and maintaining existing product lines.
System level interfacing/triaging, engaging with the aircraft, familiarity with all product support equipment. You will be responsible for improving product processes around EE hardware, diagnosing/resolving production line issues, supporting supply chain, helping to qualify new vendors for existing Shield AI products, providing feedback to design teams, and mastering Shield’s Product Lifecycle Management system.
Salary Range: Base + Bonus + Benefits + Equity (if applicable)
Actual 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. Information on the benefits offered is here. All offers are contingent on a cleared background check.
Location guidelines-
Onsite = 5 days/week
Hybrid = Several days in the office
Remote = Remote but able to come to the office as requested for business needs
If you're interested in being part of our team, apply now!
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.
To conform to U.S. Government regulations, applicant must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.
- Lead production issue diagnosis and resolution
- Lead bug resolution design changes
- Lead design improvement initiatives
- Improve production processes as they pertain to EE hardware
- Provide feedback to engineering teams on design and process improvements
- Triage and support design quality incidents
- Track risks, status, timelines, priorities, etc. Communicate upward to team leadership
- Proficient in our product lifecycle management (PLM) system
- Engineering Change Order management
- Engineering Change Request management
- Help qualify new vendors for existing Shield AI products
- Support documentation update requests
- Support component end of life replacement
- B.S. in electrical engineering, or equivalent qualifying experience
- 5+ years relevant industry experience
- Highly organized and detail oriented
- Have supported at least one major product in production
- Have experience with CAD software such as Altium or Cadence
- Skilled with basic EE equipment such as an oscilloscope, power supply, multi-meter, etc.
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