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Shield AI

Senior Staff Engineer, Structural Analysis - Ranger (R6369)

Seattle, WA · On-site · Senior

Discipline
Civil
Industry
Defense
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X-BAT Division

Senior Staff Structural Analyst at Shield AI in Seattle, WA, leads advanced analysis and validation of UAV airframe structures across development, flight test, and production. Requires 12–15+ years of aerospace structural experience and leadership of major workstreams.

12+ years

Required

  • advanced structural analysis
  • airframe structures
  • validation of structural integrity
  • test correlation
  • support flight test
  • production support
  • mentoring engineers
  • lead major structural workstreams

Preferred

  • aerospace program experience
  • leading analysis execution
  • program tradeoffs influence
  • UAV platforms
  • aerospace structural 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:
Shield AI is seeking a Senior Staff Structural Analyst to provide advanced technical leadership in the structural analysis and validation of next-generation UAV platforms. In this role, you will serve as a senior subject-matter expert for airframe structures, leading complex analysis efforts, supporting test correlation, and ensuring structural integrity across development, flight test, and production.
This role is ideal for engineers with 12–15+ years of experience who have led major structural workstreams on aerospace programs and are comfortable owning analysis execution, mentoring engineers, and influencing key design tradeoffs within a program.

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