Staff Technician, Electrical Engineering (R6076)

Shield AI
Dallas, TX
On-site

Who this role is best for

Aimed at mid-to-senior level electrical engineers who have hands-on experience in avionics and benchtop testing.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with hands-on experience in avionics and a track record of project ownership
    — “Demonstrated history of showing ownership of project outcomes and delivering exceptional results”
  • Professionals who have worked on multidisciplinary hardware development projects
    — “Experience working on multidisciplinary hardware development projects”

Things to consider

  • The role may require working with sensitive defense systems and a cleared background
    — “All offers are contingent on a cleared background and possible reference check”
  • Candidates must be prepared to work in a global team with facilities in multiple regions
    — “With offices and facilities across the U.S., Europe, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific”

How to stand out

  • Showcase experience with benchtop testing and circuit board rework in detail
    — “Able to rework circuit boards down to at least 0402 parts”
  • Emphasize your ability to interpret schematics and design test fixtures
    — “Can design basic test fixtures”
  • Demonstrate your ability to work on cross-functional teams with examples from your past
    — “supports the entire Avionics team and other cross-functional teams”
Pace · SteadyCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Team

Derived from job-description analysis by Serendipath's career intelligence engine.

What success looks like

  • ownership of project outcomes
  • delivering exceptional results
  • working hard
  • holding high standards
  • being kind to others
Typical background
6+ years in electrical engineering labexperience with EE equipmentability to design basic test fixtures

Skills & requirements

Required

Electrical EngineeringBenchtop TestingDesigning Test FixturesFabricating Wire HarnessesInterpreting SchematicsMultidisciplinary Hardware Development

Preferred

Designing Simple Circuit BoardsRewriting Circuit Boards

Stack & domain

Electrical EngineeringBenchtop TestingDesigning Test FixturesFabricating Wire HarnessesRewriting Circuit BoardsReading And Interpreting SchematicsMultidisciplinary Hardware DevelopmentOwnership Of Project OutcomesDelivering Exceptional ResultsWorking HardTrustworthy TeammateHolding High StandardsBeing Kind To OthersDefense-techAviationCommunicationsAIPowerTelemetry

About the role

Original posting from Shield AI via Lever

Shield AI is a venture-backed defense-tech company with the mission of protecting service members and civilians with intelligent systems. Its products include Hivemind autonomy software, V-BAT and X-BAT aircraft, and Aechelon simulation and synthetic reality technologies. With offices and facilities across the U.S., Europe, the Middle East, and 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 V-BAT aircraft. Our team is designing a flight critical, custom avionics system to support communications, compute, AI, power, telemetry, and all other needed aircraft systems.

An Avionics Technician supports the entire Avionics team and other cross-functional teams. It is an essential role spanning design, verification, procurement, manufacturing, and test. You will work specifically with the Electrical Engineering team as they design and verify all V-BAT electrical systems and circuit boards.

Required qualifications::

  • 6+ years working in an electrical engineering lab or equivalent
  • Experience performing benchtop testing with basic EE equipment (multimeter, oscilloscope, electronic load, thermal chamber, etc.)
  • Can design basic test fixtures
  • Can fabricate wire harnesses based on engineering drawings
  • May be able to design basic wire harnesses or simple circuit boards
  • Able to rework circuit boards down to at least 0402 parts
  • Proficiency reading and interpreting schematics
  • Experience working on multidisciplinary hardware development projects, which can be from an internship, job, club, team, personal project, etc… 
  • Demonstrated history of showing ownership of project outcomes and delivering exceptional results
  • Record of working hard, being a trustworthy teammate, holding yourself and others to high standards, and being kind to others

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.

Source: Shield AI careers (Lever)

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