Shield AI
Senior Staff Engineer, Structures and Vibration (6237)
Dallas, Texas · Senior Staff · Full-time · Posted Oct 10, 2026
- Experience
- 12+ years; the posting describes the ideal candidate as having 12–15+ years.
- Education
- B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related discipline.
About the job
Serves as V-BAT’s structural and vibration technical authority, owning aircraft loads, analysis, vibration requirements and testing, and weight optimization.
What you'll do
- Develop structural standards and requirements, including design criteria, analysis methods, material allowables, and joint practices.
- Lead structural, composite, vibration, and weight-optimization analyses, testing, and verification for V-BAT.
- Review analyses and test reports, advise on design and production issues, and mentor structural engineers.
What they ask for
- B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related discipline.
- 12+ years of structural analysis experience on aircraft, UAS, or a comparable complex system, including service as a structural lead or technical authority.
- Expert knowledge of structural mechanics, hand calculations, FEA, composite structures, and bolted joint analysis and design.
- Hands-on vibration and shock testing experience, including test planning, instrumentation, and data review; working knowledge of MIL-STD-810.
Nice to have
- M.S. or Ph.D. in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering.
- Experience as lead structural engineer on a Group 2–5 UAS, rotorcraft, or VTOL aircraft.
Tools
Simcenter, Nastran, Femap, ANSYS, Abaqus, MIL-STD-810
Model-written summary · the original posting is authoritative