Shield Power Electronics Electrical Engineer I at Shield AI responsible for designing, analyzing, and validating power electronics systems for autonomous aircraft. Owns full hardware development cycle including PCB design and testing.
Responsibilities
Shield AI is redefining autonomous aviation with cutting-edge AI and GPS/RF-denied navigation technologies. Now, we’re building our next-generation aircraft, XBAT, like no other—one that will push the boundaries of innovation and performance.
We’re looking for a Power Engineer II to contribute to the design, analysis, and validation of power electronics systems critical to our aircraft. This role is perfect for an engineer with a solid foundation in power systems who is eager to grow, own challenging projects, and see their work move rapidly from concept to flight. If you thrive in fast-paced environments, enjoy solving complex problems, and want to help build the future of autonomous aviation, we want to hear from you.
Design Power Electronics: Design of HV and LV systems including:
High-voltage and low-voltage power systems
DC-DC converters, inverters, and motor controllers
Battery, Battery management, power generation, and distribution
Embedded safety and protection mechanisms
Design across power ranges: Engineer solutions from 10 kW high-power applications
Full-cycle hardware development: Own the entire flow — concept, modeling, worst case analysis, schematic capture, simulation, prototyping, design reiteration for improving design maturity, testing and validation
PCB ownership: Drive PCB layout and design with ECAD engineers, optimizing for power density, EMI, thermal, and manufacturability
Design for Safety, Manufacturability and Reliability: Design robust systems keeping in mind best practices for safety, manufacturing and reliability
Board Bring Up and Testing: execute board bring up, verification, validation and HALT testing to meet rigorous aerospace reliability standards
Qualification
You are experienced withFamiliarity with Altium or equivalentTemporary employee offer package
Required
You are experienced with: circuit design, schematic capture, component selection, circuit testing, and debugging
Familiarity with Altium or equivalent
Ability to obtain a S//SAR level security clearance desired.
Full-time regular employee offer package:
Pay within range listed + Bonus + Benefits + Equity
Temporary employee offer package:
Pay within range listed above + temporary benefits package (applicable after 60 days of employment)
Salary compensation is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, licenses and certifications, and specific work location. All offers are contingent on a cleared background and possible reference check. Military fellows and part-time employees are not eligible for benefits. Please speak to your talent acquisition representative for more information.
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