Shield AI
Deputy Chief Engineer, X-BAT
Seattle, Washington · Full-time · Posted Oct 22, 2026
- Experience
- 12+ years of progressive experience; equivalent technical leadership roles are listed, including Chief Engineer, Deputy Chief Engineer, Air Vehicle Lead, Systems Engineering Lead, or Integrated Product Team Lead.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
About the job
Serves as the technical deputy for X-BAT, leading multidisciplinary aircraft engineering integration and execution from design through test and maturation.
What you'll do
- Maintain the aircraft’s technical baseline and lead engineering integration, trade studies, and technical-risk management.
- Lead design reviews, verification and test planning, and resolution of aircraft-level technical problems.
- Coordinate with program, manufacturing, supply-chain, and flight-test teams; communicate technical status and develop engineering leaders.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in a related technical discipline.
- 12+ years of progressive experience developing complex aircraft, military aerospace systems, autonomous aircraft, or similarly integrated aerospace products.
- Demonstrated technical leadership on an aircraft-development program and experience leading multidisciplinary engineering teams.
- Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. security clearance.
Nice to have
- Master’s degree in a related discipline.
- Experience with clean-sheet military aircraft, unmanned aircraft, advanced VTOL platforms, or aircraft flight test and airworthiness.
AI focus
Leads integration of autonomy into the X-BAT aircraft.
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