Analyze failed or damaged components and assemblies regularly to determine root cause and act as the team's materials analysis specialist.
Compensation
The annual base salary range for this position is $119,400.00 - $194,000.00.
Responsibilities
Analyze failed or damaged components and assemblies regularly to determine root cause and act as the team's materials analysis specialist.
Operate optical and scanning electron microscopes (SEM) for failure analysis and daily work, applying basic metrology principles and using digital cameras and software to document findings.
Understand EDS analysis principles and apply them via SEM on a regular basis.
Organize specialized external testing and evaluation techniques when required.
Prepare failure investigation reports daily, including written and photographic content and educated recommendations for corrective action.
The expected annual salary range for this role is $129000 - $ 180,000 a year.
Responsibilities
Provides technical leadership to product development teams in the design, analysis, development, verification, qualification, and production support of HDRM/NEA products, custom electrical interconnect systems, and related aerospace mechanisms and components.
Serves as a technical authority and subject-matter expert for HDRM/NEA technology, providing guidance on product architecture, mechanism design, design margins, material and process selection, mechanical interfaces, performance, reliability, manufacturability, and verification.
Leads and reviews engineering analyses used to substantiate product designs, including structural and mechanical analysis, tolerance and interface analysis, preload and release performance, dynamic environments, shock and vibration response, fatigue/life considerations, and thermal effects, as applicable.
Provides technical leadership in developing product verification and qualification strategies, including selection of analysis and test methods, test configuration, instrumentation, acceptance criteria, interpretation of test results, and correlation of analytical predictions with measured performance.
Leads complex engineering trade studies and technical risk assessments, balancing performance, reliability, mass, envelope, manufacturability, cost, schedule, and program risk to establish technically sound product solutions.
Mechanical Engineering - Developer
f7d8749a-72d6-407c-bf98-292ea630c73a · Posted Oct 2, 2026
Drives the mechanical design and development of Shield AI's autonomous UAV products, including architecting systems on the X-BAT platform and performing detailed design of complex assemblies.
Compensation
Pay within range listed + Bonus + Benefits + Equity
Responsibilities
Design complex electro-mechanical or hydro-mechanical mechanisms for autonomous aircraft
Own the full design process: concept, CAD design, analysis, tolerance stackups, material selection, and drawing release
Perform structural and kinematic calculations and preliminary FEA
Prototype, test, and iterate mechanism designs for functionality and reliability
Collaborate with electrical, avionics, hydraulics, flight controls, and propulsion teams
Lead mechanical design and integration of actuation systems for UAV aircraft.
Compensation
Pay within range listed + Bonus + Benefits + Equity
Responsibilities
Develop and mature system layouts and installation concepts for actuators, mechanisms, linkages, brackets, mounting provisions, and associated hardware within vehicle packaging constraints.
Own detailed CAD design of actuated systems hardware from concept through drawing release, including load paths, materials, interfaces, GD&T, and tolerance stack-ups.
Perform actuator sizing, kinematic layout, and installation analysis for flight control surfaces, bay doors, and other airframe mechanisms.
Perform hand calculations and basic FEA to substantiate brackets, mounts, linkages, and mechanical installation hardware.
Define and resolve installation interfaces with structures, EWIS, EPS, thermal management, and adjacent systems.
As a Staff (L4) Actuated Systems Engineer, you will take hands-on technical ownership of the mechanical design, layout, and integration of actuation systems for flight control surfaces, bay doors, and other airframe mechanisms on a Group 5 UAV fighter aircraft.
Compensation
Pay within range listed + Bonus + Benefits + Equity
Responsibilities
Develop and mature system layouts and installation concepts for actuators, mechanisms, linkages, brackets, mounting provisions, and associated hardware within vehicle packaging constraints.
Own detailed CAD design of actuated systems hardware from concept through drawing release, including load paths, materials, interfaces, GD&T, and tolerance stack-ups.
Perform actuator sizing, kinematic layout, and installation analysis for flight control surfaces, bay doors, and other airframe mechanisms.
Perform hand calculations and basic FEA to substantiate brackets, mounts, linkages, and mechanical installation hardware.
Define and resolve installation interfaces with structures, EWIS, EPS, thermal management, and adjacent systems, including routing, clearances, and maintainability provisions.
As a Staff (L4) or Senior Staff (L5) Landing Gear Engineer, you will take full technical ownership of the landing gear architecture, kinematic mechanism design, structural analysis, and vehicle integration for a dedicated special access program.
Compensation
Pay within range listed + Bonus + Benefits + Equity
Responsibilities
Lead landing gear architecture definition and trade studies (e.g., electro-mechanical vs. hydro-mechanical actuation, fixed vs. retractable kinematics, stowage packaging) to meet vehicle mass, volume, and ground handling requirements.
Own the full CAD design lifecycle from initial concept through drawing release, including complex linkage kinematics, clearance envelopes, structural load paths, material selection, and rigorous tolerance stack-ups.
Perform first-principles classical stress and fatigue hand calculations, backed by finite element analysis (linear/non-linear, modal, buckling) and dynamic landing load assessments.
Size and select wheels, tires, brakes, shock absorption systems, actuators, and nose wheel steering mechanisms tailored to vehicle landing and taxi envelopes.
Author technical specifications and statements of work (SOW) for landing gear components, evaluate vendors, and drive supplier technical execution.
Requirements
B.S. or M.S. in Mechanical Engineering
Aerospace Engineering
related technical discipline
Nice to have: Siemens NX
Requirements
Bachelor's degree in Aerospace Engineering
Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering
Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering
Bachelor's degree in Materials Science
Nice to have: advanced knowledge of mechanism design principles
Mechanical Engineering - Developerf7d8749a-72d6-407c-bf98-292ea630c73a · Boston, US