Senior Staff Engineer, Weapons Physical Integration (R6364)

Shield AI is a venture-backed defense-tech company with the mission of protecting service members and civilians with intelligent systems. Its products include Hivemind autonomy software, V-BAT and X-BAT aircraft, and Aechelon simulation and synthetic reality technologies. With offices and facilities across the U.S., Europe, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific, Shield AI ’s technology actively supports operations worldwide. For more information, visit www.shield.ai. Follow Shield AI on LinkedIn, X, Instagram, and YouTube. Job Description: Job Description: Be the expert on integrating weapons an payloads on our aircraft. Using best practices and MIL-STD-1289 to drive the designs for integrating weapons and stores to a weapons bay and designs for external Pylons What you'll do: Combine and collaborate with aircraft design teams to perform mechanical weapons integration activities Design pylons and fittings Work across analysis teams to iterate designs Support design reviews and report on accomplishments of the design process Support integration and test efforts including ground and flight tests Be the go to person on weapons and payloads physical integration to X Bat Required qualifications: Strong CAD skills (NX preferred) B.S. in Mechanical/Aerospace Engineering 10+ years in mechanical or mechanism design Familiarity with Bomb rack Units/Assemblies (BRA/BRU) and Launcher Assembly Units (LAU) Knowledge of Pneumatic power systems for military aircraft uses Demonstrated Experience