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About the role
Are you an experienced aircraft-development leader looking to help build a new class of autonomous combat aircraft? Are you energized by technically difficult problems, rapid execution, and the opportunity to redefine airpower? Shield AI may be the place for you.
What they're looking for
- Bachelor’s degree in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a related technical discipline
- 12+ years of progressive experience developing complex aircraft, military aerospace systems, autonomous aircraft, or similarly integrated aerospace products
- Demonstrated technical leadership on an aircraft-development program, preferably as a Chief Engineer, Deputy Chief Engineer, Air Vehicle Lead, Systems Engineering Lead, Integrated Product Team Lead, or equivalent
- Broad understanding of aircraft design and integration across multiple engineering disciplines, with the technical judgment to identify critical interfaces and system-level consequences
- Experience establishing and managing system requirements, technical baselines, interface definitions, design reviews, verification plans, and engineering risks
- Demonstrated ability to make high-quality technical decisions with incomplete information and under aggressive program timelines
More about this role
Are you an experienced aircraft-development leader looking to help build a new class of autonomous combat aircraft? Are you energized by technically difficult problems, rapid execution, and the opportunity to redefine airpower? Shield AI may be the place for you.
The Deputy Chief Engineer for X-BAT will report to the Air Vehicle Lead / Chief Engineer X-BAT and serve as their primary technical deputy across the design, development, integration, test, and maturation of the X-BAT air vehicle.
This individual will help maintain the technical integrity of the aircraft while driving day-to-day engineering execution across structures, aerodynamics, propulsion, mechanical systems, avionics, electrical systems, flight controls, software, autonomy integration, manufacturing, and flight test.
The ideal candidate combines broad aircraft technical depth with strong systems thinking, sound engineering judgment, and a demonstrated ability to lead multidisciplinary teams through ambiguity. They must be comfortable moving between system-level decisions and detailed technical problem-solving while balancing performance, safety, cost, schedule, manufacturability, and mission requirements.
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