Shield AI
Staff Engineer, Aerostructures Loads - Ranger (R6352)
$170K–$260K
Seattle, Washington · On-site · Staff · Full-time · Posted Oct 20, 2026
- Experience
- 8 or more years; applies to air vehicle, rotorcraft, uncrewed aircraft, launch vehicle, automotive, or other complex vehicle loads analysis.
- Education
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
About the job
Defines, analyzes, and validates aircraft and component loads for Project Ranger to guide structural design, testing, and certification.
What you'll do
- Develop vehicle- and component-level loads analyses, models, load cases, and design envelopes.
- Coordinate with engineering teams to define loads and operating conditions, and document results for design and verification.
- Support ground and flight testing, instrumentation, model correlation, and analysis of test data.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
- 8 or more years of experience performing loads analysis for complex vehicles, including aircraft or other listed vehicle types.
- Demonstrated experience developing loads models and performing vehicle-structure loads analyses.
- Strong understanding of structural mechanics and aircraft loads fundamentals; proficiency with MATLAB, Python, Nastran, Patran, FEMAP, HyperMesh, or comparable tools.
Nice to have
- Master’s degree emphasizing structural dynamics, aeroelasticity, aircraft loads, flight mechanics, or a related field.
- Experience with aerospace vehicle development, test-data-based loads model correlation, or related structural analysis methods.
Pay
USD 170,000–260,000 per-year-salary; base salary
Tools
MATLAB, Python, Nastran, Patran, FEMAP, HyperMesh
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