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Shield AI

Manager, Environmental Control Systems & Thermal Engineering (R6306)

Seattle, WA · On-site · Manager

Discipline
Mechanical
Industry
Defense
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X-BAT Division

Manager, Environmental Control Systems & Thermal Engineering leads a team responsible for aircraft environmental control, thermal management, and related hardware on the X-BAT program, guiding architecture, design, integration, testing, supplier execution, and flight readiness while developing engineers and maintaining hands-on technical depth in a fast-paced aircraft development environment.

Required

  • environmental control systems
  • thermal management
  • fluid and heat-transfer hardware
  • systems engineering
  • flight readiness
  • architecture
  • requirements
  • design

Preferred

  • engineering management
  • people leadership
  • aircraft development
  • supplier execution
  • test
  • flight test
  • group/program leadership

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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 Manager, Environmental Control Systems & Thermal, you will directly lead and develop a team of individual contributors responsible for environmental control systems, aircraft thermal management, and associated fluid and heat-transfer hardware on the X-BAT program, while supporting the advancement of these capabilities across Group 5 programs. You will be accountable for team execution and people development while maintaining enough technical depth to guide architecture, requirements, design, integration, test, supplier execution, and flight readiness. This position requires a balance of direct people leadership, technical judgment, and hands-on engagement when needed in a fast-moving aircraft development environment. The ideal candidate is an experienced engineering manager who can set clear priorities, grow strong engineers, create a high technical bar, and help the team deliver meaningful capability to operators quickly.

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