Senior Electrical, Motor and Motor Drive Engineer (R6021)
About the Role
Shield AI is a venture-backed defense-tech company with the mission of protecting service members and civilians with intelligent systems. Its products include Hivemind autonomy software, V-BAT and X-BAT aircraft, and Aechelon simulation and synthetic reality technologies. With offices and facilities across the U.S., Europe, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific, Shield AI’s technology actively supports operations worldwide.
Responsibilities
- Contribute to the design of aircraft motor drive, power electronics, and controls
- Design high voltage power electronics circuits, integrate power electronics with motors and controls, execute hands-on circuit verification and dyno testing
- Be responsible for schematic capture, modeling, simulation, analysis, and testing
- Engage cross-functionally with software, mechanical, embedded, CAD, production, users, and all other relevant teams
- Execute qualification and reliability campaigns, debug and root cause failures
- Help develop automated production test solutions
Qualifications
- B.S. in Electrical Engineering or equivalent
- 2+ years of experience as an Electrical Engineer
- Experience with circuit design, schematic capture, component selection, circuit testing, and debugging
- Demonstrated record of working hard, being a trustworthy teammate, holding yourself and others to high standards, and being kind to others
- Familiarity with Altium or equivalent
- Proficiency with lab equipment: oscilloscopes, power supplies, E-loads, multimeters, etc.
Pay
$145,000 - $218,000 a year
Benefits
Full-time regular employee offer package: Pay within range listed + Bonus + Benefits + Equity
Temporary employee offer package: Pay within range listed above + temporary benefits package (applicable after 60 days of employment)
Salary compensation is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, licenses and certifications, and specific work location. All offers are contingent on a cleared background and possible reference check. Military fellows and part-time employees are not eligible for benefits.