Shield AI
Engineering Manager, Air Vehicle Mechanical Systems (R5391)
San Diego, CA · On-site · Manager
- Discipline
- Mechanical
- Industry
- Defense
Spec sheet
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X-BAT Division
Engineering Manager of Mechanical Design for autonomous UAVs; lead mechanical systems development, mentor engineers, and coordinate across engineering sites to support next-generation aircraft programs.
Required
- lead a team of engineers
- mechanical systems
- autonomous UAV platform
- multi-site collaboration
- mentorship
- resource leveling across vehicles and programs
- technical demonstration
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 an engineering manager of Mechanical Design to support the development of our next-generation autonomous UAV platform. In this high-ownership, high visibility role you will lead a team of engineers developing mechanical systems to support Shield AI’s next generation aircraft program(s).
You will work the director of engineering in a deputy capacity to support collaboration across engineering sites, align technical leaders, create mentorship opportunities for junior engineers, and assist in leveling engineering resources across vehicles and programs.
You will set the bar for excellence through technical demonstration, guidance, and mentorship.
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