Shield AI
Mission Systems Engineer - Fleet Support (R5004)
$140K–$210K
Dallas, Texas · On-site · Full-time · Posted Jun 17, 2026
- Experience
- 5+ years in one of the listed fields.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related discipline.
About the job
Provides customer-facing engineering support for V-BAT fleet mission systems, investigating payload, transponder, and external-interface issues and helping integrate new mission capabilities.
What you'll do
- Lead escalated investigations and troubleshoot payload, transponder, and externally connected mission-system issues.
- Support integration, validation, testing, and field demonstrations for mission-system fixes and emerging capabilities.
- Work with customers and cross-functional engineering teams; document troubleshooting guidance and relay recurring issues to product teams.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related discipline.
- 5+ years of experience in payload integration, sensor integration, mission systems, avionics integration, or aircraft systems engineering.
- Experience troubleshooting complex systems spanning hardware, software, networking, and operational workflows.
- Experience across design, integration, test, and field-support environments.
Nice to have
- Experience with EO/IR payloads, radar, transponders, or other externally connected aircraft mission systems.
- Experience with interface control documents, validation planning, flight-test support, or introducing payloads or mission kits into operational fleets.
Pay
USD 140,000–210,000 (per-year-salary) base salary
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