Shield AI
Senior Component Engineer
Seattle, Washington · On-site · Senior
- Discipline
- Hardware
- Industry
- Defense
Spec sheet
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X-BAT Division
Senior Component Engineer at Shield AI, Seattle. Build the component engineering function for EEE components across PCBAs, defining processes, tooling, and standards, while guiding component selection and lifecycle qualification to ensure long-term reliability and survivability of autonomous aircraft systems.
Day shift
Required
- Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical (EEE) components
- PCBAs
- component selection
- qualification and lifecycle management
- reliability
- cost control
- production/manufacturing
- supply chain interaction
Preferred
- defense/ aerospace exposure
- qualification lifecycle
- DFM/DRM
- vendor qualification
- risk reduction
- system/board design influence
- test and validation
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:
Shield AI is redefining autonomous aviation with cutting-edge AI and GPS/RF-denied navigation technologies. Now, we’re building our next-generation aircraft, XBAT, that will push the boundaries of innovation and performance.
As one of the first Component Engineers at Shield AI, you’ll be a foundational hire building the function from the ground up — defining process, tooling, and standards, not just executing an existing playbook. You’ll guide component selection and own the qualification and lifecycle management of piece-part Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical (EEE) components across our aircraft PCBAs — driving decisions that reduce risk, control cost, and ensure long-term product reliability and survivability. This role sits at the intersection of engineering, supply chain and reliability.
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