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Shield AIShield AISan Diego, CA

Staff Electrical Engineer

Designs and owns full-cycle development of flight-critical electrical subsystems for autonomous aircraft, including PCB layout, high-reliability circuits for harsh environments, and cross-functional leadership. Requires BS in EE, 5+ years experience, and expertise in circuit design tools like Altium.

150k – 220k/yr
On-site5+ YOEHardware Engineering

About the role

Responsibilities

  • Own full product and circuit design for flight critical subsystems, including analog, digital, high-speed, power, compute, sensors, FPGA, and other functional blocks
  • Design for high reliability in challenging environments (temperature, altitude, radiation, vibration)
  • Full-cycle hardware development: concept, modeling, worst case analysis, schematic capture, simulation, prototyping, design reiteration, testing and validation
  • Drive PCB layout and design with ECAD engineers, optimizing for power density, EMI, thermal, and manufacturability
  • Design for Safety, Manufacturability and Reliability using best practices
  • Execute board bring up, verification, validation and HALT testing to meet aerospace reliability standards
  • Collaborate cross-functionally with Mechanical, CAD, Embedded, Software, Production and aircraft teams
  • Lead and contribute to cross-functional design reviews
  • Manage project timelines, deliverables, and technical milestones
  • Mentor and lead other engineers

Requirements

  • B.S. in Electrical Engineering or equivalent
  • 5+ years of experience as an Electrical Engineer
  • Experienced with circuit design, schematic capture, component selection, circuit testing, circuit debugging, and system integration
  • Familiarity with Altium or equivalent
  • Demonstrated record of working hard, being a trustworthy teammate, holding high standards, and being kind

Skills

AltiumPcb DesignSchematic CaptureCircuit SimulationFpgaAnalog DesignDigital DesignPower ElectronicsHigh-Speed DesignHalt TestingEcadEmi Mitigation
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