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Senior Engineering Manager – Mission Systems
| Company | Shield AI |
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| Location | Dallas, TX, USA |
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| Salary | $183204 – $274806 |
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| Type | Full-Time |
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| Degrees | Bachelor’s |
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| Experience Level | Senior, Expert or higher |
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Requirements
- B.S. in Electrical Engineering or related STEM field.
- Multiple years experience leading a cross-disciplinary engineering team.
- Active Top Secret Security Clearance.
- Mastery of fundamental engineering concepts, including EE, Mech E, Programming, Physics, and Mathematics.
- 7+ years engineering experience with electrical system design, integration, testing, debug, and repair.
- Comfortable using circuit schematics and wiring diagrams.
- 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.
Responsibilities
- Perform regular 1:1s, provide career guidance, and document performance for all the individuals on your team.
- Own requirements gathering, design, integration, and validation of multiple electrical systems for both V-BAT and our next-generation aircraft.
- Become fluent with aircraft schematics, wiring diagrams, interfaces, communications, and mechanical design.
- Contribute to the entire employee lifecycle, from candidate identification and interviewing to career growth, promotion, or separation.
- Develop documentation and standard operating procedures (SOPs) for how things are done on the Mission Systems Engineering Team.
- Support aircraft flight operations and data review the responsible authority for evaluating aircraft health, performance, real-time debug and resolution.
- Debug, root cause, and repair electrical hardware issues.
- Deliver novel autonomous features through collaboration with Mechanical, Electrical, Embedded, Manufacturing, Product Management, Flight Test, etc.
- Use Python or Matlab to scrape data during testing and validation activities.
- Drive improvements to prevent reoccurrence and increase reliability.
- Contribute to and attend cross-functional design reviews. Advocate for design changes that result in simpler design and production processes.
- Other duties as assigned.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with Python or any scripting language.
- Experience with CAD tools such as SolidWorks, NX, CATIA, etc.
- Experience testing automotive or aerospace systems in the field.
- Demonstrated adaptability, agility, and the ability to innovate under pressure to meet dynamic project demands and drive successful outcomes.
