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Senior Engineer, Mechanical (R5482)

Shield AI· V-BAT Division – V-BAT Engineering - Mechanical
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Dallas, Texas$120k - $175kFull Time EmployeePosted 2mo ago

About the role

Senior Mechanical Engineer to design, develop, and release production-ready hardware for the V-BAT aircraft, owning mechanical design from concept through production and collaborating with electrical, RF, manufacturing, and test teams.

Responsibilities

  • Design and integrate mechanical components and subsystems for airborne or ruggedized systems, from concept through production.
  • Create 3D CAD models, assemblies, 2D production drawings, BOMs, and release packages.
  • Apply GD&T and perform tolerance analyses to ensure fit, function, interchangeability, and inspectability.
  • Package electronics, including radios, antennas, PCBAs, and harnessing, within assigned subsystems.
  • Design components and assemblies using metallics, plastics, composites, elastomers, adhesives, and other engineering materials.
  • Select materials and manufacturing processes based on structural, thermal, environmental, cost, and schedule requirements.
  • Design for manufacturing processes including CNC machining, additive manufacturing, injection molding, composite fabrication, sheet metal, and bonded assembly.
  • Collaborate with electrical, RF, manufacturing, quality, supply chain, and test teams to deliver integrated hardware.
  • Present work in design reviews and perform or support structural, thermal, tolerance, and manufacturability analyses.
  • Support prototype builds, qualification testing, production integration, troubleshooting, and root-cause investigations.
  • Ensure designs meet reliability, manufacturability, inspectability, maintainability, and performance requirements.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related engineering field.
  • 5+ years of mechanical design and product-development experience, including ownership of parts or subsystems through production release.
  • Strong working knowledge of GD&T and ASME Y14.5, including datum selection, position, profile, form and orientation controls, and design for inspection.
  • Experience creating and releasing detailed 2D production drawings for parts and assemblies.
  • Proficiency with a production CAD platform such as NX, Creo, CATIA, SolidWorks, or Inventor, including part modeling, assemblies, drawing creation, and revision-controlled release.
  • Experience designing hardware with a range of materials, such as metallics, engineering plastics, composites, elastomers, and adhesives.
  • Practical design-for-manufacturing experience with multiple processes, such as CNC machining, additive manufacturing, injection molding, composite fabrication, sheet metal, and fastened or bonded assembly.
  • Working understanding of material selection, tolerance analysis, manufacturing variation, assembly processes, and inspection methods.
  • Ability to work cross-functionally with manufacturing, quality, electrical engineering, supply chain, technicians, suppliers, and machine shops.
  • Ability to work independently on assigned tasks and solve design, manufacturing, and integration problems with minimal supervision.

Skills

Required:Mechanical design and product developmentGD&T and ASME Y14.52D production drawingsCAD softwareMaterials and manufacturing processesCross-functional collaborationManufacturing readiness and problem-solving

Benefits

  • Pay within range listed + Bonus + Benefits + Equity
  • Salary compensation influenced by skill set, level of experience, licenses and certifications, and location
  • Offers contingent on cleared background and reference checks
  • Military fellows and part-time employees are not eligible for benefits
Last updated Oct 23, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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