Shield AI
Staff Engineer, Mechanical Test (R5475)
Seattle, Washington · On-site · Mid
- Discipline
- Mechanical
- Industry
- Defense
Spec sheet
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X-BAT Division
Shield AI seeks a Structures/Mechanical Test Engineer to support development, testing, and validation of advanced mechanical systems for aircraft, leveraging hydraulic systems, sensor tech, Python for automation and data analysis, and NX CAD in a lab-driven, defense-focused environment.
Day shift
Required
- hands-on experience with hydraulic systems
- sensor technologies (force, pressure, strain, displacement)
- Python for test automation and data analysis
- CAD tools such as NX
- designing/validating mechanical systems
- test and measurement tooling
- data analysis workflows
Preferred
- NX proficiency (CAD)
- experience in aerospace/defense hardware
- lab automation
- experience with custom measurement tools
Benefits
- medical
- PTO
- 401k
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:
Do you enjoy working in a dynamic lab environment and being part of a design team that will impact the safety of service members and civilians? If so, we want your help designing the next generation aircraft at Shield AI. The Mechanical Test team’s mission is to inform Shield AI hardware design by quantifying product performance and experience with custom measurement tools, and specialized analysis.
We are seeking a highly skilled and detail-oriented Structures/Mechanical Test Engineer to support the development, testing, and validation of advanced mechanical systems. The ideal candidate will have strong hands-on experience with hydraulic systems, various sensor technologies (e.g., force, pressure, strain, displacement), be proficient in python for test automation and data analysis, and demonstrate expert level proficiency in CAD tools such as NX.
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