Shield AI
Staff Engineer, Actuated Systems - Ranger (R6347)
$170K–$250K
Seattle, Washington · On-site · Staff · Full-time · Posted Oct 19, 2026
- Experience
- 5 to 12 years.
- Education
- B.S. or M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
About the job
Owns mechanical design, integration, testing, and delivery of actuation systems for flight-control surfaces, bay doors, and other mechanisms on a Group 5 UAV fighter aircraft.
What you'll do
- Develop actuator and mechanism layouts, perform sizing and installation analysis, and resolve vehicle interfaces.
- Own CAD design, calculations, drawings, and design documentation through release.
- Support suppliers, prototype assembly, qualification testing, and production-ready hardware delivery.
What they ask for
- 5 to 12 years of mechanical systems design experience in aerospace or a comparable regulated industry, including hands-on actuated-mechanism or aircraft-installation design.
- B.S. or M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
- Expertise in mechanical design fundamentals and demonstrated ability to perform hand calculations and basic FEA.
- Extensive 3D CAD and drawing-release experience; ability to develop actuator installations and deliver hardware independently under tight timelines.
Nice to have
- Experience with aircraft flight-control actuation, weapons bay doors, landing gear, or other deployable mechanisms.
- Electro-mechanical or electro-hydrostatic actuation, airworthiness verification, or hands-on fabrication and prototype-build experience.
Pay
USD 170,000–250,000 per year (salary compensation; base salary)
Tools
Siemens NX, CATIA, Creo, MIL-STD-810, MIL-HDBK-516, FEA, GD&T
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