Shield AI
Staff Engineer, Actuated Systems (RX) (R6001)
$143K–$214K
Dallas, Texas +1 · On-site · Staff · Full-time · Posted Sep 22, 2026
- Location
- Dallas, Texas
Washington, D.C. - Experience
- 7 to 12 years
- Education
- B.S. or M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
- Visa sponsorship
- U.S. citizens only; must have an active Secret or higher clearance.
About the job
Owns the mechanical design, analysis, testing, and aircraft integration of actuation systems and mechanisms for a Group 5 UAV fighter aircraft.
What you'll do
- Develop actuator and mechanism layouts, perform sizing and installation analyses, and resolve vehicle interfaces.
- Own CAD design and drawing release; perform hand calculations and basic FEA to substantiate hardware.
- Support suppliers, prototypes, qualification testing, and delivery of production-ready hardware.
What they ask for
- U.S. citizen with an active Secret or higher clearance.
- 7 to 12 years of mechanical systems design experience in aerospace or a comparable regulated industry, including hands-on actuated mechanisms or aircraft installations.
- B.S. or M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
- Expertise in mechanical design fundamentals, hand calculations and basic FEA, 3D CAD modeling, and actuated-systems integration.
Nice to have
- Aircraft flight-control actuation, weapons bay doors, landing gear, or other deployable mechanisms; electro-mechanical or electro-hydrostatic actuation.
- Familiarity with MIL-HDBK-516, MIL-STD-810, airworthiness verification, or hands-on fabrication and prototype builds.
Pay
USD 142,880–214,320 (per-year-salary); base salary
Tools
Siemens NX, CATIA, Creo, MIL-STD-810, MIL-HDBK-516
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