# Electrical Engineer I (SD)
**Company:** [Shield AI](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/shield-ai)
**Location:** San Diego, CA
**Salary:** $81K-$122K
**Experience:** 0+ years
**Skills:** Altium, Kicad, Fpga, Mcu, Analog Design, Digital Design, Power Conversion, High-Speed Design, Emi/Emc, Embedded Systems
**Posted:** 2025-11-24
> Entry-level Electrical Engineer owning full lifecycle of avionics designs for X-BAT aircraft, including circuit design with analog/digital/power/high-speed/FPGA/MCU, system integration, verification, and flight testing under extreme conditions. Requires EE degree and strong fundamentals.
## Job Description
## What you'll do

- Own a design that directly impacts the X-BAT system and major flight test milestones. A senior engineer is assigned as a direct mentor to provide technical review and professional feedback.
- Full lifecycle ownership: concept, design, verification, integration, flight test, and manufacturing

**Design efforts include:**
- Circuit design for our embedded system. You will design with analog, digital, power conversion, high-speed, FPGA, MCU, EMI/EMC, etc.
- System integration and verification
- Environmental test, qualification, and automation
- Debug, root cause, and drive resolution
- Systems must be designed for high-reliability, radiation, aggressive temperature changes, and high magnitude vibration

## Required qualifications

- Have a degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent
- Strong technical fundamentals
- Have been part of an engineering team/club
- Experience with electrical design software, Altium, KiCAD, etc.
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