# Senior Electrical, Motor and Motor Drive Engineer (R6021) at Shield AI

- Company: Shield AI
- What the company does: Autonomy for the world. Backed by a16z.
- Company website: https://shield.ai
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Senior
- Location: Seattle, Washington
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $145K to $218K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-09-22
- Apply by: 2026-11-06
- Apply: https://jobs.lever.co/shieldai/ce828e5e-dcc2-4cab-94cf-c6e8fca728d4
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/shield-ai-senior-electrical-motor-and-motor-drive-engineer-r6021/

## About the role

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 .

## What they're looking for

- You have a B.S. in Electrical Engineering or equivalent
- You have 2+ years of experience as an Electrical Engineer
- You are experienced with: circuit design, schematic capture, component selection, circuit testing, and debugging
- You have a demonstrated record of working hard, being a trustworthy teammate, holding yourself and others to high standards, and being kind to others
- Familiarity with Altium or equivalent
- Proficient with lab equipment: oscilloscopes, power supplies, E-loads, multimeters, etc

Tags: X-BAT Engineering - Avionics