Shield AI
Staff Engineer, Actuated Systems (RX) (R6001)
Dallas, Texas · Staff · Full-time · Posted Oct 7, 2026
- 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, integration, testing, and hardware delivery of actuation systems for a Group 5 UAV fighter aircraft.
What you'll do
- Develop actuator and mechanism layouts, detailed CAD designs, and installation interfaces for aircraft systems.
- Perform actuator sizing, kinematic analysis, hand calculations, and basic FEA; manage design documentation through release.
- Support suppliers, prototype builds, qualification testing, and airworthiness certification.
What they ask for
- U.S. citizenship and 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.
- Strong mechanical design and analysis capabilities, including GD&T, tolerance stack-ups, hand calculations, basic FEA, 3D CAD, and drawing release.
Nice to have
- Aircraft actuation or deployable-mechanism design, electro-mechanical or electro-hydrostatic actuation, or familiarity with MIL-HDBK-516 and MIL-STD-810.
- Hands-on machine shop, fabrication, assembly, or prototype-build experience.
Tools
Siemens NX, CATIA, Creo, MIL-STD-810, MIL-HDBK-516
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