Shield AI
Staff Mechanical Engineer, Systems Integration (R5902)
$138K–$200K
Seattle, Washington · On-site · Staff · Full-time · Posted May 20, 2026
- Experience
- 7+ years of experience developing and integrating aircraft or complex aerospace systems.
- Education
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering or related discipline.
About the job
Provides technical leadership for integrating major aircraft systems across development, manufacturing, and production, while establishing installation architectures and guiding multidisciplinary teams.
What you'll do
- Lead aircraft systems integration and define subsystem installation architectures and interface strategies.
- Direct integration studies, investigations, design reviews, and manufacturing and production readiness activities.
- Develop engineering standards, mentor engineers, and manage technical scope, schedule, risks, and execution.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related discipline.
- 7+ years of experience developing and integrating aircraft or complex aerospace systems.
- Demonstrated ownership of major aircraft subsystem integration from concept through production.
- Advanced aircraft installation design experience, including packaging, mounting, maintainability, and interface definition.
Nice to have
- Experience leading integration on aircraft, autonomous aircraft, defense, eVTOL, or advanced aerospace programs.
- Experience with structural analysis, FEA, or hands-on build, production, testing, or hardware validation.
Pay
USD 138,000–200,000 per year (base salary)
Tools
CATIA, NX, Creo, Teamcenter, Windchill, 3DEXPERIENCE, FEA, GD&T
AI focus
The role integrates aircraft systems and does not state that it involves AI work.
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