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Sr Staff Product Support (R5912)

Shield AI · Dallas, Texas · On-site

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About Shield AI

Autonomy for the world. Backed by a16z.

About the role

We are seeking an experienced Staff Product Support to support the design, development, integration, and fielding of a next-generation autonomous aircraft system. This role will lead the logistics planning, supply support, sustainment analysis, and lifecycle support activities across development, flight test, production, and operational sustainment. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

What they're looking for

  • Bachelor’s degree in logistics, engineering, supply chain, aviation maintenance, business, or a related field, equivalent military or defense logistics experience may be considered in lieu of degree
  • 8+ years of experience supporting UAS or fighter aircraft logistics and sustainment
  • Demonstrated experience with Maintenance Task Analysis and development of maintenance planning data
  • Expertise of Logistics Control Number structures and their use in provisioning, maintenance planning, and supportability analysis
  • Experience with Reliability and Maintainability principles, including failure modes, maintainability drivers, reliability growth, availability metrics, and field performance analysis, and LORA development
  • Hands-on supply support experience, including spares planning, provisioning, inventory management, parts forecasting, repairables management, and sustainment execution
More about this 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 . Follow Shield AI on LinkedIn , X , Instagram , and YouTube .

We are seeking an experienced Staff Product Support to support the design, development, integration, and fielding of a next-generation autonomous aircraft system. This role will lead the logistics planning, supply support, sustainment analysis, and lifecycle support activities across development, flight test, production, and operational sustainment.

The ideal candidate has strong experience supporting military or defense aviation programs and understands how logistics products, supportability analysis, maintenance planning, and supply chain execution contribute to mission availability and operational readiness. This position requires hands-on experience with...

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