Shield AI
Staff Engineer, Reliability Test (R5532)
$120K–$180K
Seattle, Washington · On-site · Staff · Full-time · Posted Aug 24, 2026
- Experience
- 2+ years required; 5+ years preferred. No stated alternatives.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in a listed or related field; Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or Reliability Engineering preferred.
About the job
Plans and leads environmental testing of XBAT electronic flight hardware, from test design and execution through failure investigation, analysis, and qualification reporting.
What you'll do
- Develop environmental test plans, procedures, fixtures, instrumentation, and automated data tools; support testing and make real-time decisions about anomalies and test changes.
- Lead failure investigations, analyze test results, and prepare reports supporting disposition, qualification, and acceptance decisions.
- Schedule concurrent test campaigns, manage external lab testing, and define lab capabilities and test methods.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Physics, Mechanical Engineering, Reliability Engineering, or a related field.
- 2+ years planning and conducting environmental tests, including temperature cycling, vibration, shock, HALT, and HASS.
- Experience writing hardware qualification or acceptance test plans, procedures, and reports.
- Knowledge of relevant industry standards, electronics failure mechanisms, instrumentation and data acquisition, and proficiency in CAD modelling software such as ANSYS SpaceClaim, NX, or Solidworks.
Nice to have
- Familiarity with reliability concepts such as Weibull statistics, accelerated life testing, and acceleration models.
- Proficiency in FEA modelling software or Python for data reduction and test automation.
Pay
USD 120,000–180,000 per year (base salary)
Tools
MIL-STD-810, RTCA DO-160, IPC, JEDEC, ASTM, ANSYS SpaceClaim, NX, Solidworks
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