Staff Engineer, Tool Design (R4967)
Shield AI · Dallas, Texas
CHECKED 6H AGO
Defenseonsitestaff$120k–$190k
At a glance
Highlights
- Own production tooling from concept through fabrication and prove-out.
- Support pilot builds through rate production with robust assembly tooling.
- Build tooling for Hivemind autonomy, V-BAT and X-BAT aircraft.
Ideal candidate
An experienced aerospace tooling engineer who takes ownership from concept to prove-out and cares about safe, repeatable, first-time-right assembly in collaboration with manufacturing and quality teams.
Requirements
- 7+ years of experience developing production tooling for complex aerospace systems
- Own tooling lifecycle from concept, design, analysis, release, fabrication through prove-out
- Deliver robust tooling supporting pilot builds through rate production
Lab profile
About Shield AI
Venture-backed defense-tech company building intelligent autonomy systems to protect service members and civilians.
What they build
- Hivemind autonomy software
- V-BAT aircraft
- X-BAT aircraft
Known for
- AI autonomy
- Unmanned aircraft engineering
- Aerodynamics and aerostructures
- Simulation and synthetic reality
Key facts
- Venture-backed
- Offices across U.S., Europe, Middle East, and Asia-Pacific