# Engineering Manager, Structural Design (R4825)
**Company:** [Shield AI](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/shield-ai)
**Location:** San Diego, CA, Dallas, TX, California
**Salary:** $150K-$220K
**Experience:** 8+ years
**Skills:** Nx, CATIA, Solidworks, GD&T, Dfma, FEA, Ansys, Abaqus, Nastran, Composite Structures, Metallic Structures
**Posted:** 2026-04-15
> Leads team designing high-performance structural components for autonomous aircraft, ensuring integrity, manufacturability, and integration. Requires 8+ years in aerospace structures, CAD proficiency, and team leadership experience.
## Job Description
## Responsibilities
- Lead the design and development of high-performance structural components for autonomous aircraft from concept through production release.
- Work cross-functionally to ensure structural integrity, manufacturability, and system integration.

## Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or related discipline.
- 8+ years of experience in aircraft structural design or closely related aerospace structures.
- Experience with team leadership as a project or IPT style team lead.
- Experience designing and releasing structural components in development or production environments.
- Working knowledge of composite and metallic structures, including fasteners, bonded joints, and load paths.
- Proficiency in CAD tools (**NX**, **CATIA**, **SolidWorks**, or similar).
- Understanding of **GD&T**, tolerance stackups, and **DFMA** principles.
- Strong written and verbal technical communication skills.
- Demonstrated ability to operate in fast-paced, high-ownership engineering environments.

## Preferred Qualifications
- M.S. degree in Aerospace or Mechanical Engineering.
- Experience supporting UAV, DoD, or aerospace full vehicle programs.
- Familiarity with aerospace standards (**MIL-STD**, **ASME Y14.5**, **FAA**).
- Experience fabricating and testing large scale aerospace structures such as wings, fuselages or similar.
- Demonstrated understanding of composite manufacturing methods.
- Experience using **FEA** tools (**ANSYS**, **Abaqus**, **NASTRAN**, or similar) for linear structural analysis.
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