# Staff Electrical Engineer

**Company:** [Shield AI](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/shield-ai)
**Location:** San Diego, CA, Dallas, TX, Boston, MA
**Role:** Hardware Engineering
**Salary:** $150k – $220k/yr
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** Altium, Pcb Design, Schematic Capture, Circuit Simulation, Fpga, Analog Design, Digital Design, Power Electronics, High-Speed Design, Halt Testing, Ecad, Emi Mitigation
**Posted:** 2025-12-20

> 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.

## Job Description

## 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

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