Shield AI
Staff Engineer, Landing Gear Systems - Ranger (R6294)
Seattle, Washington · Staff · Full-time · Posted Oct 28, 2026
- Experience
- Minimum 7 years (L4) to 12 years (L5) of direct experience in aerospace mechanism design, aircraft landing gear systems, or primary structural development.
- Education
- B.S. or M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
- Visa sponsorship
- Secret eligible
About the job
Owns the landing gear architecture, design, analysis, supplier execution, testing, and vehicle integration for a new UAV platform.
What you'll do
- Define landing gear architecture and kinematic trades; design mechanisms and release drawings.
- Perform structural and dynamic sizing, including hand calculations, FEA, and landing load assessments.
- Manage component suppliers and support qualification testing, prototype integration, and flight testing.
What they ask for
- B.S. or M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
- Deep mastery of solid mechanics, kinematics, dynamics, fatigue, materials selection, and GD&T/tolerance stack-ups.
- Experience with hand calculations and FEA for high-load mechanisms and structural components.
- Extensive 3D CAD, mechanism layout, drawing release, and PLM workflow experience; Secret eligible.
Nice to have
- Direct experience with UAV, autonomous aircraft, or rotorcraft landing systems and arresting gear integration.
- Familiarity with aerospace structural, environmental, and mechanism drop-test standards; hands-on prototype fabrication or assembly experience.
Tools
Siemens NX, CATIA, Creo, FEA, MIL-STD-810, RTCA DO-160, AS6053, MIL-A-8866/MIL-A-8867
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