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Shield AIShield AIDallas, TX

Senior Electrical Engineer

Designs and owns flight-critical avionics subsystems for X-BAT aircraft, including mixed-signal circuits with FPGA, RF, and power systems. Leads integration, testing, qualification, and mentors team members. Requires 3+ years EE experience and bachelor's degree.

116k – 173k/yr
On-site3+ YOEHardware Engineering

About the role

Responsibilities

  • Circuit and sub-system design for X-BAT and its support equipment, including architecture, design, analysis, schematic capture, layout, verification, qualification, integration, and manufacturing
  • Work with mixed signal systems including high-speed digital, FPGA, compute, analog, power regulation, EMI/EMC, RF
  • Execute test and qualification campaigns including environmental tests for vibration, altitude, radiation, thermal, humidity
  • Lead system integration, troubleshooting, and root cause analysis
  • Lead and mentor teammates
  • Work closely with cross-functional teams (mechanical, embedded, software, manufacturing, thermal, supplier development, reliability, supply chain)
  • Help automate manufacturing test solutions for volume production

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or equivalent
  • Minimum 3+ years of experience as an Electrical Engineer
  • Strong technical fundamentals
  • Contributed to and led multiple product design cycles involving EE, ME, and SW engineering
  • Familiar with CAD software such as Altium or equivalent
  • Familiar with a PLM system such as Arena or equivalent
  • Demonstrated track record of extreme ownership, working hard, and delivering outstanding outcomes

Skills

AltiumFpgaHigh-Speed DigitalAnalog DesignPower RegulationEmi/EmcRfPlmArenaSchematic CapturePcb Layout
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