Staff Engineer, Integration (R6009)

Shield AI · Washington, D.C.

  • Senior
  • Full-time
  • $144,400 – $216,600
  • Posted 2026-09-23
  • Confirmed live on 25 September 2026

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Job description

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. 

What You'll Do:
• Install, integrate, configure, and support deployment of vision systems including: camera pods, imaging sensors, onboard processing hardware, and associated electronic assemblies on crewed and uncrewed aircraft and supporting test assets

• Load, configure, update, and validate software releases in accordance with release instructions and configuration-control processes

• Perform system bring-up, functional checkout, acceptance testing, and post-installation verification of sensor, compute, power, network, and aircraft interfaces

• Maintain accurate hardware and software configuration records, including serial numbers, part numbers, software versions, installation status, service history, spares, and returned-material activity

• Read and apply mechanical drawings, installation drawings, wiring diagrams, schematics, pinouts, interface-control documents, work instructions, and technical manuals

• Perform basic wiring and electro-mechanical work, including connector inspection, continuity checks, pin verification, cable routing, termination, and minor harness rework when authorized by approved procedures

• Diagnose and resolve software, electrical, network, sensor, and mechanical integration issues using logs, built-in diagnostics, test equipment, drawings, and controlled troubleshooting methods

• Document field issues, troubleshooting steps, test results, repairs, configuration changes, and corrective actions in clear service reports and engineering-tracking systems

• Coordinate with engineering, production, quality, program, and customer teams to resolve issues, implement approved changes, and communicate operational feedback

• Support customer deployments, demonstrations, operational exercises, and evaluations, including site readiness, equipment staging, installation planning, shipping and receiving, tool control, inventory, and field-service logistics

• Provide hands-on customer support, operator and maintainer familiarization, and technical guidance for system operation, routine maintenance, and fault isolation

• Follow applicable safety, quality, airworthiness, cybersecurity, export-control, and configuration-management requirements while traveling to customer, test, and operational sites

Required Qualifications:
• Typically requires a minimum of 5 years of experience in field service, aerospace integration, electronics, avionics, mechatronics, or a related technical discipline with a Bachelor's or Associate's degree; or equivalent practical experience.

• Hands-on experience installing, integrating, maintaining, or troubleshooting electro-mechanical systems, electronic assemblies, sensors, computing hardware, or airborne payloads.

• Experience installing, configuring, updating, and verifying software or firmware on fielded systems while following release and configuration-control procedures.

• Ability to read and work from wiring diagrams, electrical schematics, mechanical and installation drawings, pinouts, work instructions, and technical manuals.

• Familiarity with Linux- and Windows-based systems, command-line tools, software deployment workflows, networking, and log collection.

• Competence with basic wiring and electrical troubleshooting, including safe use of digital multimeters, continuity testing, connector inspection, pin verification, cable routing, and basic termination or rework.

• Strong hardware accountability and documentation skills, including asset, serial-number, inventory, maintenance, and software-version tracking.

• Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot across software, electrical, network, and mechanical interfaces and to clearly document findings and corrective actions.

• Strong customer-facing communication, organization, and teamwork skills, with the ability and willingness to travel approximately 50% to support customer integration, deployments, demonstrations, exercises, evaluations, and other field activities, including work outside standard hours when required.

• Ability to obtain a SECRET clearance.

Preferred Qualifications:
• Field-service, deployment, or integration experience in the aerospace, defense, robotics, or other mission-critical equipment industry.

• Experience with electro-optical or infrared imaging systems, camera systems, optical sensors, ruggedized sensor pods, or airborne mission payloads.

• Experience integrating equipment on crewed or uncrewed fixed-wing or rotary-wing aircraft.

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