# Senior Staff RF Engineer (R5991) 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: $216K to $325K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-09-22
- Apply by: 2026-11-06
- Apply: https://jobs.lever.co/shieldai/2e1e82ef-b0cc-438b-9852-ff0f2d6bc33e
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/shield-ai-senior-staff-rf-engineer-r5991/

## 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 15+ years of industry experience as an Electrical Engineer in RF systems
- Have strong technical fundamentals
- Have worked on cross-functional teams involving EE, ME, SW, manufacturing, production, etc
- You have technically mentored/guided other engineers
- You have led design work on the unit level and system level

Tags: X-BAT Engineering - Avionics