Shield AI
Director, Avionics Engineering, V-BAT
$220K–$340K
Dallas, Texas · On-site · Director · Full-time · Posted Aug 5, 2026
- Experience
- 10+ years; includes demonstrated success leading and growing teams of electrical engineers.
- Education
- B.S. in Electrical Engineering or an equivalent technical field.
About the job
Directs avionics engineering teams responsible for the technical health, reliability, investigation, and improvement of the V-BAT platform’s avionics systems.
What you'll do
- Lead and develop electrical design, root cause analysis, and avionics build/test teams.
- Direct design reviews and failure investigations, and validate corrective and preventive actions.
- Coordinate with supply chain, manufacturing, quality, reliability, and fleet support to improve system reliability and establish technical standards and metrics.
What they ask for
- B.S. in Electrical Engineering or an equivalent technical field.
- 10+ years of experience, including demonstrated success leading and growing teams of electrical engineers.
- Experience working across design, supply chain, manufacturing, quality, and fleet/field support.
- Ability to plan and execute complex electronic and electrical designs in a high-consequence industry.
Nice to have
- M.S. or Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering.
- Experience with failure analysis methods, full product development lifecycles, UAV/UAS or autonomous systems, or reliability engineering practices.
Pay
USD 220,000–340,000 per-year-salary (base salary)
Tools
fault tree analysis, fishbone/Ishikawa diagrams, FMEA/FMECA, 8D, MTBF/MTBUR
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