Project Scope & Description:
- Own requirements gathering, design, and validation of multiple avionics assemblies and/or test fixtures.
- Gain expertise in multiple disciplines within EE as you design systems for power electronics, communications, RF, and more.
- Design test stands and test fixtures, which may include relays, PLCs, PCBAs, harnessing, and various other pieces of electrical and mechanical equipment.
- Utilize Python to automate test sequences, perform analysis, or run simulations.
- Contribute to and attend cross-functional design reviews. Advocate for design changes that result in simpler manufacturing processes.
- Other duties as assigned.
Required qualifications:
- You are an undergraduate, graduate or PhD student pursuing a degree in Electrical Engineering or related STEM field.
- Strong understanding of fundamental engineering concepts, including EE, Mech E, Programming, Physics, and Mathematics.
- Experience working on multidisciplinary hardware development projects, which can be from an internship, job, club, team, personal project, etc.
- Great written and verbal communication.
- Demonstrated history of showing ownership of project outcomes and delivering exceptional results.
- Record of working hard, being a trustworthy teammate, holding yourself and others to high standards, and being kind to others.
Preferred qualifications:
- Expected to graduate in December 2027 or Spring 2028.
- Experience with PCB schematic and layout tools, including Altium, KiCAD, Eagle, etc…
- Experience with Python or any scripting language.
- Experience with CAD tools such as SolidWorks, NX, CATIA, etc…
- Demonstrated adaptability, agility, and the ability to innovate under pressure to meet dynamic project demands and drive successful
Skills Required
- Currently pursuing an undergraduate, graduate, or PhD degree in Electrical Engineering or a related STEM field
- Strong understanding of fundamental engineering concepts, including electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, programming, physics, and mathematics
- Experience working on multidisciplinary hardware development projects through an internship, job, club, team, or personal project
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Demonstrated ownership of project outcomes and delivery of exceptional results
- History of hard work, trustworthiness, high standards, and positive teamwork
- Expected graduation in December 2027 or Spring 2028
- Experience with PCB schematic and layout tools such as Altium, KiCad, or Eagle
- Experience with Python or another scripting language
- Experience with CAD tools such as SolidWorks, NX, or CATIA
- Adaptability, agility, and ability to innovate under pressure
- Availability to start on either June 2nd or June 23rd
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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