Shield AI
Lead, Electrical Engineering (R5116)
$217K–$325K
Seattle, Washington · On-site · Full-time · Posted Jun 5, 2026
- Experience
- 8+ years of industry experience in electrical engineering, including multiple product development cycles.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or equivalent practical experience.
About the job
Leads hands-on electrical engineering and a small team to design, integrate, and release electrical systems for autonomous aircraft and support equipment.
What you'll do
- Lead electrical-system architecture, design, integration, verification, and production release.
- Manage, mentor, and develop electrical engineers while owning team priorities and project execution.
- Coordinate across engineering and production disciplines to deliver integrated aircraft systems and improve development and test processes.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or equivalent practical experience.
- 8+ years of industry experience in electrical engineering, including multiple product development cycles.
- Experience leading technically complex electrical or avionics designs from concept through production.
- Strong circuit-design, embedded-systems, hardware-architecture, analysis, verification, and debugging fundamentals.
Nice to have
- Ability to obtain a Secret/SAR-level security clearance is desired.
Pay
USD 216,864–325,296 per-year-salary (base salary)
Tools
FPGAs, power management, analog and digital circuitry, servos, microcontrollers, sensors, radios, embedded systems
AI focus
Supports the design and integration of embedded systems and sensors that enable aircraft autonomy and AI capabilities.
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