Shield AI
Senior Staff Engineer, Flight Control Actuation Systems - Ranger (R6327)
Seattle, Washington · Senior Staff · Full-time · Posted Oct 28, 2026
- Experience
- 8 to 15 years in flight control actuation system design on fixed-wing aircraft.
- Education
- B.S. or M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
About the job
Own the design, integration, qualification, and production support of flight-control actuation systems for a Group 5 UAV fighter aircraft.
What you'll do
- Define FCAS requirements and verification traceability; design and analyze actuator performance, including dynamics, redundancy, and failure modes.
- Coordinate actuator integration with flight controls, vehicle management, power, thermal, and structures teams.
- Plan qualification testing and lead design-maturity and qualification reviews at SRR, PDR, and CDR.
What they ask for
- 8 to 15 years in flight control actuation system design on fixed-wing aircraft.
- B.S. or M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
- Experience sourcing aerospace components, driving suppliers, assembling test setups, and analyzing actuator dynamic performance.
- Experience coordinating actuator-control law integration; familiarity with MIL-HDBK-516 and MIL-STD-810 and supporting SRR, PDR, and CDR on a DoD or fighter-class aircraft program.
Nice to have
- Fighter or fighter-adjacent program experience; unmanned or autonomous flight control experience.
- Experience with EMA or EHA control surface actuators; Secret clearance eligible.
Tools
MIL-HDBK-516, MIL-STD-810, EMA, EHA
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