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Senior Staff Engineer, Structural Analysis (R4954)
Shield AI
Seattle, USA
Full-time
Senior · 10+ years experience
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Shield AI is seeking a Senior Staff Structural Analyst to provide advanced technical leadership in the structural analysis and validation of next-generation UAV platforms.
In this role, you will serve as a senior subject-matter expert for airframe structures, leading complex analysis efforts, supporting test correlation, and ensuring structural integrity across development, flight test, and production.
This role is ideal for engineers with 12–15+ years of experience who have led major structural workstreams on aerospace programs and are comfortable owning analysis execution, mentoring engineers, and influencing key design tradeoffs within a program.
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Job Description
Shield AI is seeking a Senior Staff Structural Analyst to provide advanced technical leadership in the structural analysis and validation of next-generation UAV platforms. In this role, you will serve as a senior subject-matter expert for airframe structures, leading complex analysis efforts, supporting test correlation, and ensuring structural integrity across development, flight test, and production.
This role is ideal for engineers with 12–15+ years of experience who have led major structural workstreams on aerospace programs and are comfortable owning analysis execution, mentoring engineers, and influencing key design tradeoffs within a program.
What you'll do
Lead structural analysis efforts for UAV airframes, major substructures, and critical components within a program scope.
Define and execute finite element modeling approaches, load cases, assumptions, and margin assessments.
Perform and oversee static, modal, fatigue, vibration, and damage-tolerance analyses.
Establish sound practices for hand calculations, model validation, and analysis-to-test correlation.
Drive structural optimization across performance, weight, cost, and manufacturability targets.
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