Mechanical design of test, measurement, and handling equipment used on military aircraft, gathering data, developing requirements, interfacing with suppliers, performing stress and tolerance analysis, acting as manufacturing liaison, research and product development, developing test plans, performing environmental testing, testing and integration of manufactured support equipment on aircraft.
Lead Senior Throttle / Actuator Engineer responsible for design, validation, industrialization, and production release of automotive Electronic Throttle Control (ETC) systems and throttle actuators.
Responsibilities
Develop and validate ETC and actuator components
Manage and direct design changes
Facilitate continuous improvement in system performance and fuel economy
Conduct engineering root cause analyses and corrective actions
hands-on technical leadership position supporting the Weather portfolio’s aerospace integration and test activities
Compensation
Sign-On Bonus: A sign-on bonus of up to $50K may be included as part of an offer package for this level
Responsibilities
Drive compliance with safety, quality, test, program, and configuration-management requirements.
Serve as a subject matter expert for integration and test activities involving components, submodules, modules, instruments, payloads, and space-vehicle hardware.
Lead large, complex test initiatives and coordinate execution across engineering, technicians, manufacturing, chamber operations, program teams, customers, suppliers, and support organizations.
Develop test strategies, plans, procedures, verification approaches, resource plans, readiness criteria, and technical briefings.
Provide technical direction during test setup, hardware integration, procedure execution, data collection, data review, requirements verification, and test reporting.
Requirements
Bachelor’s Degree with a minimum of 9 years of prior relevant experience; Graduate Degree with a minimum of 7 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, a minimum of 13 years of prior related experience.
Nice to have: Experience supporting integration and test of space-qualified weather instruments, payloads, flight hardware, or space-vehicle hardware.
Senior Environmental Test Technician
f7d8749a-72d6-407c-bf98-292ea630c73a · Posted Nov 9, 2026
Prepare, execute, and manage environmental tests on electronic flight hardware across the VBAT and XBAT aircraft, ensuring performance requirements through rigorous thermal, vibration, shock, humidity, and altitude testing.
Compensation
Pay within range listed + Bonus + Benefits + Equity
Responsibilities
Operate and continuously improve a world-class environmental test lab for electronics
Develop and implement lab procedures for use of environmental test equipment
Perform reliability tests on electronic products
Develop lab best-practices, including automation of data acquisition
Manage procurement and maintenance of lab consumables
Requirements
Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering
Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering
Bachelor's degree in Reliability Engineering
Nice to have: 5+ years of experience in a reliability testing role
As a Reliability Test Engineer at Shield AI, you'll own the engineering behind environmental testing of electronic flight hardware for the XBAT aircraft, including thermal, vibration, shock, humidity, altitude, HALT, and HASS testing.
Responsibilities
Translate design requirements, mission profiles, and industry standards into environmental test plans
Write and maintain the test procedures and work instructions technicians use to set up, execute, and tear down tests
Design test fixtures in CAD and verify they are dynamically suitable for vibration and shock testing
Define instrumentation and data acquisition requirements, and develop automated tools for data acquisition, reduction, and plotting
Provide real-time engineering support during test execution
Design and automate test systems for critical UAV components and subsystems, from concept to validation, ensuring reliability through electrical, mechanical, and software engineering principles.
Compensation
Pay within range listed + Bonus + Benefits + Equity
Responsibilities
Design and own test systems for critical UAV components and subsystems, from concept to validation.
Work across multiple EE disciplines, including power electronics, RF, communications, and system integration.
Develop PCBs to interface between test stands and the device-under-test (DUT).
Build custom test fixtures integrating relays, PLCs, PCBAs, and harnessing for automated and high-fidelity testing.
Automate test sequences using Python, ensuring repeatability, efficiency, and scalability.
Requirements
B.S. in Electrical Engineering or equivalent
Nice to have: Python
Nice to have: PCB design tools (Altium, KiCAD, Eagle)
Serve as the primary mechanical lead for space vehicle assembly, integration, and test activities
Develop and maintain mechanical build plans, integration flows, tooling requirements, ground support equipment plans, and activity schedules
Interpret mechanical design data, including CAD models, drawings, specifications, tolerances, and Interface Control Documents
Lead the creation and review of mechanical assembly, integration, and test procedures, including work instructions, travelers, configuration records, and as-built documentation
Lead floor operations such as mating, fastener installation, structural assembly, deployment testing, mechanical hookups, and other space vehicle integration activities
Requirements
Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related engineering discipline
Master’s degree with at least 10 years of relevant experience
PhD with at least 8 years of relevant experience
Nice to have: Active Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility and CI polygraph
Nice to have: Experience leading space vehicle mechanical assembly, integration, and test activities
Mechanical Engineer - Level 5 - Space Vehicle SE/AI&T Lead - Linthicum
We are seeking an experienced Staff Mechanical Engineer (T5) to serve as the Mechanical Engineering Lead for Space Vehicle Systems Engineering and Assembly, Integration & Test (SE/AI&T).
Serve as the primary mechanical lead for space vehicle assembly, integration, and test activities, providing technical direction to engineers, technicians, and manufacturing personnel.
Develop and maintain mechanical build plans, integration flows, tooling requirements, ground support equipment plans, and activity schedules.
Interpret mechanical design data, including CAD models, drawings, specifications, tolerances, and Interface Control Documents; own mechanical interfaces and support resolution of fit, form, function, and producibility issues.
Lead the creation and review of mechanical assembly, integration, and test procedures, including work instructions, travelers, configuration records, and as-built documentation.
Lead floor operations such as mating, fastener installation, structural assembly, deployment testing, mechanical hookups, and other space vehicle integration activities.
Requirements
Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related engineering discipline
Master’s degree with at least 10 years of relevant experience
Nice to have: Experience leading large, complex test campaigns involving multidisciplinary engineering teams, technicians, program organizations, customers, and external suppliers.
Nice to have: Expertise in test planning, test-procedure development and execution, readiness reviews, requirements verification, data analysis, and test reporting.
Nice to have: Experience leading troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, corrective action, and anomaly resolution for complex electrical, mechanical, software, or system-level issues.
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