Shield AI
Staff Engineer, Fuel Systems (R5900)
Seattle, Washington · Staff · Full-time · Posted Oct 7, 2026
- Experience
- 7+ years in aerospace fuel systems, fluid systems, propulsion, or related aircraft system development, with demonstrated ownership of complex aerospace hardware.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
About the job
Owns the aircraft fuel system from requirements and design through integration, testing, flight support, and operational deployment.
What you'll do
- Serve as the Responsible Engineer for fuel-system requirements, architecture, hardware, and technical decisions.
- Design, integrate, test, and validate fuel-system components and performance across aircraft operating conditions.
- Lead supplier engagements, failure investigations, and corrective actions; use ground and flight data to improve the system.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
- Strong understanding of thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, heat transfer, flow behavior, and aerospace fuel-system design.
- Hands-on experience integrating, instrumenting, and testing fluid-system hardware, with flight support and failure-investigation experience.
- Proficiency in Python or similar engineering-analysis tools; U.S. citizenship and active security clearance.
Nice to have
- Experience with fuel systems for high-performance aircraft, tactical aircraft, UAVs, or similar platforms.
- Familiarity with GFSSP, REFPROP, CFD, ANSYS, FEA, or similar thermal-fluid analysis tools.
Tools
Python, GFSSP, REFPROP, CFD, ANSYS, FEA
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