Shield AI
Senior Manager, Avionics Mechanical Engineering (R4416)
Seattle, WA · On-site · Manager
- Discipline
- Mechanical
- Industry
- Defense
Spec sheet
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X-BAT Division
Senior Manager of Mechanical Engineering leading the mechanical design, thermal, and harnessing for X-BAT aircraft and ground vehicles; establish technical vision, hire engineers, and drive concepts through manufacturing with hands-on ownership.
Required
- mechanical design
- thermal management
- harnessing
- team leadership
- hands-on engineering
- concept through manufacturing
- cross-functional collaboration
- aviation/mechanical systems
Preferred
- experience with aircraft/mechanical structures
- thermal/thermal runaway analysis
- mechanical harness design
- systems engineering experience
- defense industry experience
- leadership of multi-disciplinary teams
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.
Shield AI is seeking a Senior Manager of Mechanical Engineering to build and lead the team responsible for all mechanical design, thermal, and harnessing in the X-BAT aircraft and ground vehicle. You will establish the technical vision, hire top tier engineers, and partner with all other engineer team leads to execute cross-functionally. Extreme ownership is expected where your team will carry designs from concept through manufacturing. Team leads and managers at Shield are expected to have strong technical fundamentals and a history of experience being hands on.
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