Shield AI
Senior Staff Engineer, Flight Control Actuation Systems (RX) (R5999)
Dallas, Texas · On-site · Senior
- Discipline
- Aerospace
- Industry
- Defense
Spec sheet
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X-BAT Division
Staff/Senior Staff Engineer responsible for flight control actuation system design for a Group 5 UAV fighter aircraft, from requirements through production support, within an accelerated aircraft development environment. Must own technical decisions, perform trade analyses, and translate concepts into deployable capability for operators.
Day shift
Required
- flight control actuation system design
- actuator integration
- first principles requirements
- design through production support
- aircraft development environment
- hands-on engineering
- concept-to-operations transition
Preferred
- system-level integration
- qualification and test
- production support
- UAV flight control experience
- defense/aerospace domain
- group 5 UAV experience
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 Staff or Senior Staff Engineer (L4/L5), you will take full technical ownership of flight control actuation system design for a Group 5 UAV fighter aircraft. You will work from first principles to define requirements, resolve actuator and integration trades, and drive qualified flight-control actuation hardware from design through production support. 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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