Shield AI
Engineer II, Mission Systems (R6241)
Dallas, Texas · Full-time · Posted Oct 21, 2026
- Experience
- 2–5 years engineering experience; multidisciplinary project experience may come from an internship, job, club, team, or personal project.
- Education
- B.S. in Electrical Engineering or related STEM field.
About the job
Integrates, tests, and troubleshoots avionics, sensors, and mission payload systems for V-BAT and next-generation aircraft from concept through deployment.
What you'll do
- Integrate and validate avionics, sensors, payloads, and onboard software; conduct bring-up, lab and HIL testing, and flight-test preparation.
- Troubleshoot hardware, software, and integration issues during development and flight operations, and analyze post-mission data.
- Work with operators and multidisciplinary teams to shape user needs into reliable, production-ready capabilities.
What they ask for
- B.S. in Electrical Engineering or a related STEM field.
- 2–5 years of engineering experience in electrical system design, integration, testing, debugging, and repair.
- Hands-on experience with test equipment, schematics, harness/wiring diagrams, and hardware/software debugging.
- Experience on multidisciplinary hardware development projects, including internships, jobs, clubs, teams, or personal projects.
Nice to have
- Experience integrating avionics, sensors, radios, mission payloads, or flight-computing systems; or with flight testing, field testing, or HIL development.
- Python or another scripting language; hardware/software system development from concept through testing or deployment; active Secret Security Clearance or ability to obtain one if needed.
Tools
V-BAT, Python, MATLAB, HIL
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