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Shield AIShield AIDallas, TX

Senior Engineer, Electrical - Fleet Support (R5080)

Serve as electrical SME for V-BAT Fleet Support, leading investigations and troubleshooting avionics, wiring, power, and integration issues across the fielded aircraft fleet.

110k – 170k/yr
On-site5+ YOEHardware Engineering

About the role

Responsibilities

  • Serve as the electrical SME for Fleet Support and lead escalated investigations involving aircraft electrical and avionics issues.
  • Diagnose avionics system issues, onboard communication hardware issues, wiring and harness problems, power-distribution faults, connector failures, grounding issues, and intermittent electrical anomalies.
  • Troubleshoot aircraft electrical problems at the aircraft, subsystem, harness, connector, and line-replaceable unit levels.
  • Review and maintain schematics, pinouts, wiring diagrams, interface definitions, and troubleshooting documentation used by Fleet Support and customer teams.
  • Use standard debug equipment to isolate faults, validate corrective actions, and support return-to-service decisions.
  • Partner closely with software, mission systems, and radio frequency (RF) engineers on issues that cross electrical, software, and communications boundaries.
  • Identify recurring failure patterns and drive clear feedback into design, manufacturing, integration, and quality organizations.
  • Develop field-ready troubleshooting guides, repair recommendations, and service documentation for the Fleet Support organization.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or a related discipline.
  • 5+ years of experience in avionics, aircraft electrical systems, embedded hardware integration, or aerospace electrical engineering.
  • Strong ability to read and interpret schematics, wiring diagrams, pinouts, and interface documentation.
  • Hands-on experience troubleshooting harnesses, connectors, power systems, avionics hardware, and electrical integration issues.
  • Experience diagnosing intermittent failures caused by vibration, temperature, installation, environment, or interface mismatch.
  • Strong communication skills and ability to support technical conversations with both customers and internal engineering teams.

Nice-to-Haves

  • Experience with unmanned aircraft system electrical or avionics integration.
  • Experience supporting fielded military, maritime, or expeditionary systems.
  • Experience with sensors, radios, onboard compute, or payload electrical interfaces.
  • Experience supporting ground test, flight test, or operational readiness events.

Skills

Electrical EngineeringAvionicsAircraft Electrical SystemsSchematicsWiring DiagramsHarness TroubleshootingConnector TroubleshootingPower SystemsEmbedded Hardware IntegrationAerospace Electrical Engineering
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