Senior Staff Electrical Engineer, Shield AI

$166.8-250.2k

+ Bonus + Equity. Temporary employee offer package: Pay within range listed above + temporary benefits package (applicable after 60 days of employment)

Senior and Expert level

Boston

Building AI aircraft pilots

Open for applications

Building AI aircraft pilots

501-1000 employees

B2BArtificial IntelligenceEnterpriseFlights

Open for applications

$166.8-250.2k

+ Bonus + Equity. Temporary employee offer package: Pay within range listed above + temporary benefits package (applicable after 60 days of employment)

Senior and Expert level

Boston

501-1000 employees

B2BArtificial IntelligenceEnterpriseFlights

Company mission

Shield AI's mission is to protect service members and civilians with intelligent systems.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering; or equivalent work experience
You have 8+ years of industry experience as an Electrical Engineer
Strong technical fundamentals
Contributed to and led multiple product design cycles involving Logic, EE, ME, and SW engineering
Demonstrated track record of working hard, being a trustworthy teammate, holding yourself and others to high standards, and being kind to others
Demonstrated track record of extreme ownership and delivering outstanding outcomes
Proven track record of successfully shipping products, showcasing the ability to navigate through development cycles, overcome obstacles, and deliver high-quality solutions to meet project deadlines and exceed client expectations in a fast-paced environment
Proactively identify opportunities for improvement within hardware development projects, demonstrating initiative to propose and implement innovative solutions that enhance efficiency, quality, and overall project success and aircraft reliability

What the job involves

Join us and help define elegant, high-performance computing, sensing, communication, and power systems to support our fixed wing aircraft products
Lead circuit design and sub-system design for our next generation aircraft its support equipment. This includes complex system architectures utilizing custom circuitry (FPGAs, power management, analog, digital, servos, microcontrollers, sensors, radios, etc.)
Support the design and integration of complex embedded systems and sensors which enable aircraft autonomy and AI
Help define technical product requirements and features
Lead and mentor teammates working on the same project
Own circuit part selection, schematic capture, simulation, analysis, verification, debugging, and release to production
Coordinate with cross-functional teams (mechanical, embedded, software, manufacturing, supply chain, etc.)
Manage your project timelines and deliverables
Conduct and attend cross-functional design reviews
Work closely with Firmware to integrate applicable logic designs into the build/release cycle
Provide feedback to other teams where applicable
Help develop automated test solutions
Proactively identify opportunities for improvement within hardware development projects, demonstrating initiative to propose and implement innovative solutions that enhance efficiency, quality, and overall project success and aircraft reliability

Our take

Self-driving vehicles present enormous benefits for the transportation industry, with the potential to increase the safety and efficiency of cars, trucks, and commercial airlines. However, such technological innovation is less present within the military transportation sector, despite the benefits that AI piloting would produce for the operation of drones and aircraft.

Shield AI is developing Hivemind, an AI-driven pilot that can operate drones and aircraft autonomously, without needing GPS, communications, or pilots. In addition to navigation, the technology is also designed to facilitate indoor building clearance, integrated defense breaching, and has the ability to learn and autonomously execute aircraft missions.

Whilst similar AI-driven pilot software has begun to appear in Chinese military research programs, Shield AI's target is the US. By developing fully autonomous piloting integrations for any type of aircraft, the company aims to future-proof the US military without the need for bespoke aircraft design. It has generated massive amounts of funding to support continued scaling and R&D efforts.

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Insights

Top investors

Glassdoor (3.6)

Company

Funding (last 2 of 12 rounds)

Mar 2025

$240m

LATE VC

Oct 2023

$300m

SERIES F

Total funding: $1.0bn

Company benefits

Excellent Medical Coverage
Mental Health Employee Assistance Program
Paid Parental Leave
Pet Insurance
Flexible Work Hours
Work From Home Benefits
Relaxed Dress Code
Unlimited Snacks and Beverages
Gym Discount (San Diego)
Onsite Gym (DC)
Commuter Benefits
401k services and match
Stock Benefits

Company HQ

Marina, San Diego, CA

Leadership

Ryan Tseng

(CEO)

Experience as CEO, CTO and Founder of WiPower from 2006 to 2010. Technical Lead for Wireless Power Program for Qualcomm from 2010 to 2013.

Brandon Tseng

(President)

Naval Officer for the US Navy from 2009 to 2015.

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