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Shield AI is seeking a Senior Manager of Mechanical Engineering to build and lead the team responsible for all mechanical design, thermal, and harnessing in the X-BAT aircraft and ground vehicle.
You will establish the technical vision, hire top tier engineers, and partner with all other engineer team leads to execute cross-functionally.
Extreme ownership is expected where your team will carry designs from concept through manufacturing.
Team leads and managers at Shield are expected to have strong technical fundamentals and a history of experience being hands on.
Shield AI is seeking a Senior Manager of Mechanical Engineering to build and lead the team responsible for all mechanical design, thermal, and harnessing in the X-BAT aircraft and ground vehicle. You will establish the technical vision, hire top tier engineers, and partner with all other engineer team leads to execute cross-functionally. Extreme ownership is expected where your team will carry designs from concept through manufacturing. Team leads and managers at Shield are expected to have strong technical fundamentals and a history of experience being hands on.
Be responsible for the architecture and design for all parts of the mechanical system in the X-BAT aircraft and ground vehicle, as they pertain to avionics
A small team exists that you will inherit. From there, you will establish leads and sub-managers while growing the team significantly in the immediate and long term
While you will not be expected to design as an individual contributor, you must have this experience in your past to establish what "right" looks like for your organization
Partner closely with electrical engineering, RF, PCB design, reliability, supply chain, structures, manufacturing and other disciplines to drive full scope product delivery
Your team will output complex electro-mechanical solutions for flight critical avionics systems that withstand harsh environments
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