Senior Staff Aerostructures Design Engineer

🕒 March 27

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Shield AI

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501 - 1000 employees

Founded 2015

🤖 Artificial Intelligence

🚀 Aerospace

🎖️ Defense

Artificial Intelligence • Aerospace • Defense

Shield AI is a leading developer of AI-driven military solutions, focusing on enhancing mission autonomy and battlefield awareness. Their platform, Hivemind, enables rapid deployment of intelligent systems for various defense applications, including drone operation and surveillance. With a commitment to utilizing advanced technology, Shield AI aims to protect service members and civilians by revolutionizing defense technologies through autonomous systems.

📋 Description

• Lead the design and development of structural components and assemblies for Shield AI’s next-gen UAV platform, with a focus on primary and secondary aircraft structures. • Own the structural design lifecycle including concept generation, CAD modeling, detail design, and drawing release, ensuring high quality and traceability. • Use FEA tools to perform and guide linear and nonlinear structural analysis, stress analysis, and margin assessment under operational loads and edge cases. • Work closely with aerodynamics, propulsion, avionics, payload, and manufacturing teams to ensure seamless system integration across airframe and subsystem interfaces. • Support and lead efforts in material selection, focusing on composites, aluminum alloys, and advanced manufacturing approaches suited to mission and environment. • Participate in and lead design reviews, architecture discussions, and technical decision-making forums related to structural systems. • Oversee the design and execution of structural validation testing, including coupon-level, subcomponent, and full-system testing. • Guide the development of design documentation, analysis reports, interface definitions, and verification plans in compliance with MIL-STD, FAA, and internal Shield AI standards. • Mentor junior engineers and review team members’ work for technical rigor, performance, and manufacturability. • Collaborate with the manufacturing and flight test teams to transition designs from engineering to production and field deployment. • Identify opportunities to improve design processes, configuration management, and team workflows for increased engineering velocity and design quality.

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related discipline. • 10+ years of experience in aircraft structural design, with demonstrated ownership of components or systems in development, test, or production. • Deep understanding of composite and metallic structures, including material behavior, joints, and thermal/environmental effects. • Expertise in CAD tools (NX, CATIA, or SolidWorks) and FEA tools (ANSYS, Abaqus, NASTRAN, or similar). • Experience conducting or overseeing stress analysis, fatigue analysis, and design optimization. • Strong working knowledge of DFMA, GD&T, tolerance stackups, and structural layout principles. • Clear, concise technical communication skills and experience leading cross-functional engineering efforts. • A track record of technical excellence, high ownership, and a mission-driven mindset in challenging engineering environments.

🏖️ Benefits

• Pay within range listed + Bonus + Benefits + Equity • Temporary benefits package (applicable after 60 days of employment)