Principal Structural Analyst

🕒 February 19

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Shield AI

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501 - 1000 employees

Founded 2015

🤖 Artificial Intelligence

🚀 Aerospace

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 structural analysis strategy for UAV airframes, major substructures, and critical components. • Define and review finite element modeling approaches, assumptions, load cases, and margins. • Perform and oversee static, modal, fatigue, vibration, and damage-tolerance analyses. • Establish best practices for hand calculations, correlation methods, and model validation. • Drive structural optimization across performance, weight, cost, and manufacturability. • Own structural test strategy, including defining requirements, overseeing execution, and correlating results to analysis. • Review and approve structural analysis deliverables, test reports, and certification artifacts. • Mentor and technically guide senior and early-career structural analysts. • Partner with cross-functional leads to balance structural requirements with system-level performance goals. • Influence long-term architecture, materials selection, and structural design standards.

🎯 Requirements

• B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or related field. • 12+ years of experience in structural analysis, aircraft structures, or aerospace systems. • Deep expertise with FEA tools (ANSYS, NASTRAN, HyperWorks, or similar). • Advanced proficiency in hand calculations for strength, stability, fatigue, and damage tolerance. • Extensive experience with composite and lightweight aerospace structures. • Strong background in structural testing, correlation, and certification support. • Ability to operate as a technical authority and make high-impact engineering tradeoffs. • Excellent communication skills and experience presenting to senior technical leadership.

🏖️ Benefits

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