Shield AI
Senior Environmental Test Technician (R6211)
Seattle, Washington · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 14, 2026
- Experience
- 2+ years required; 5+ years preferred for reliability testing.
About the job
Prepares, runs, and documents environmental reliability tests on electronic flight hardware for Shield AI aircraft, supporting product qualification and reliability decisions.
What you'll do
- Operate and improve an environmental test lab, including equipment, procedures, safety, and maintenance.
- Plan and conduct thermal, humidity, vibration, shock, HALT, and HASS tests; manage instrumentation and data acquisition.
- Analyze and document test results, manage test campaigns and lab supplies, and advise stakeholders on test practices.
What they ask for
- 2+ years of environmental testing experience, including temperature cycling, vibration, HALT, and HASS.
- Knowledge of data acquisition equipment and instrumentation, including thermocouples, accelerometers, humidity sensors, and strain gauges.
- Familiarity with electronics, moving mechanical assemblies, and relevant industry test standards, including IPC, JEDEC, MIL, and ASTM.
- Experience working with interdisciplinary teams on product tests from concept to production.
Nice to have
- 5+ years of reliability testing experience, or familiarity with reliability concepts such as Weibull statistics and accelerated life test design.
- Proficiency in CAD software or Python, including the named tools and libraries.
Tools
HALT, HASS, IPC, JEDEC, MIL, ASTM, ANSYS SpaceClaim, Python
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