Shield AI
Senior Staff Engineer, Environmental Control Systems (RX) (R5905)
Dallas, TX · On-site · Senior
- Discipline
- Aerospace
- Industry
- Defense
Spec sheet
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X-BAT Division
Senior Staff (L5) Environmental Control System (ECS) Engineer responsible for full technical ownership of ECS architecture, analysis, design, and integration for a dedicated special access program; sole ECS SME on the program, executing trades, sizing systems, hardware design, supplier management, and delivering flight-ready hardware in a rapid-iteration environment.
Required
- Environmental Control System (ECS) engineering
- architecture, analysis, design, and integration
- flight-ready hardware development
- external supplier management
- proposals and capture support
- first principles troubleshooting
- rapid-iteration development
- aircraft development environment
Preferred
- systems-level ECS experience on aircraft
- special access program experience
- hardware design and integration
- flight hardware fabrication and testing
- proposal support and capture activities
- safety and certification knowledge
Benefits
- medical
- 401k
- PTO
Employer description
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.
Job Description:
As a Senior Staff (L5) Environmental Control System (ECS) Engineer, you will take full technical ownership of the Environmental Control System architecture, analysis, design, and integration for a dedicated special access program. Serving as the sole ECS subject matter expert on this program, you will work from first principles to execute trades, size systems, design hardware, manage external suppliers, support proposals and capture, and deliver flight-ready hardware in a rapid-iteration development environment. This position requires a balance of technical rigor, rapid decision-making, and hands-on engineering to efficiently transition concepts into operational capability. The ideal candidate is comfortable solving complex problems, taking ownership, working within an accelerated aircraft development environment, and is motivated by getting meaningful capability into the hands of operators quickly.
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