This role is for a hands-on person with excellent interpersonal skills and experience in a quality-focused production environment.
The ideal candidate will work with engineering drawings and detailed instructions to acquire the desired finish of each production component as well as assist with fabrication and assembly tasks.
What You'll Do:
- Support and perform assembly, testing and configuration of aircraft systems such as: Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV), Avionics, Ground Control Stations (GCS), Ground Support Equipment (GSE), Ground Data Terminals (GDT), and electronics.
- Assist in troubleshooting, component removal/replacement and testing and documentation while utilizing approved technical publications, maintenance standards and approved procedures.
- Trim, Paint, and Bodywork UAV Components.
- Assemble, Test, and Support engine ground runs and break-ins.
- Modifications or repairs to composite components if needed.
- Coordinate with and assist other team members to ensure on-time delivery of aircraft.
- Interpret engineering drawings, diagrams as well as work instructions and manuals related to all part fabrication.
- Perform other related duties as assigned.
Required Qualifications:
- Minimally 6 months-1 year of relevant experience in a combination of Aircraft Production/Manufacturing including but not limited to Composite Layup, Avionics fabrication, Avionics Installation, Aircraft Final Assembly, Ground Support ETC.
- Minimally 6 months-1 year of experience with Material Requirements Planning. (MRP)
- Must have good interpersonal skills with the ability to interface cooperatively with departmental personnel and customers.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Possess time management, organizational and communication skills.
- Strong safety work ethic - recognizes the importance of properly handling hazardous materials, chemicals, tools, etc.
- Computer skills; knowledgeable in MS software programs, and other relevant computer applications involving production.
- Analytical and problem-solving approach with the continual pursuit of perfection.
- Must be able to work in a continually changing environment with the ability to change direction quickly to support departmental needs.
Skills Required
- 6 months to 1 year of relevant aircraft production or manufacturing experience, including composite layup, avionics fabrication or installation, aircraft final assembly, or ground support
- 6 months to 1 year of experience with Material Requirements Planning (MRP)
- Good interpersonal skills and ability to work cooperatively with departmental personnel and customers
- Time management, organizational, and communication skills
- Strong safety work ethic and ability to properly handle hazardous materials, chemicals, and tools
- Computer skills, including Microsoft software and relevant production applications
- Analytical and problem-solving skills with a continual improvement mindset
- Ability to work in a changing environment and quickly adjust priorities
What the Team is Saying
What We Do
At Shield AI, you won't wait years to see your work reach the field. You'll build hardware and software that operates in the real world right now, in the hands of the people who depend on it. Hivemind, our AI pilot, has been flying since 2018. It has flown more than 30 platforms, including an F-16, and it now sits under a U.S. Air Force production contract for Collaborative Combat Aircraft. When you write code or shape a system here, you contribute to technology with a proven flight record and a clear production future. V-BAT flies intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance missions with an operational record that stretches from Ukraine to the Indo-Pacific. It delivers eyes where they matter most, in the most demanding conditions on earth. The teams behind it watch their work get tested where the stakes are real. X-BAT takes its first flight this year. It's an AI-piloted fighter that needs no runway, built to operate where traditional aircraft can't. Join now and you help shape a program at its earliest, most formative stage. That's the kind of ground-floor work that defines a career. Do the most impactful work of your life, on problems that matter. Autonomy at this level asks a lot of you. You'll take on problems in perception, planning, and control that few teams anywhere are equipped to solve. You'll work across disciplines, from aerospace and robotics to machine learning and systems engineering, alongside people who hold themselves to an exacting standard and expect the same from you. Our mission is clear: protect service members and civilians with intelligent systems. That purpose runs through every decision, every design review, and every deployment. It's why the work here carries a weight you can feel. Ready to join our mission? Explore our open roles and find where you fit.
Why Work With Us
Founded in 2015 by a former Navy SEAL, Shield AI builds AI pilots and uncrewed aircraft. Veterans aren't an afterthought here, they're at every level. It's why the work carries weight: AI pilots and uncrewed aircraft flying real missions, from Ukraine to the Indo-Pacific, protecting service members and civilians.
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