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Sr Director Engineering, V-BAT

Shield AI· V-BAT Division – Aircraft Leadership /
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Dallas, TX$250k - $380kFull Time EmployeePosted 2mo ago

About the role

Senior leadership role responsible for directing and sustaining a high-performing engineering organization for the V-BAT group 3 VTOL UAS program, delivering flight software, autonomy, ground control systems, aircraft, and payloads.

Responsibilities

  • Build and lead the engineering and software team for the Group 3 UAS program, spanning flight software, autonomy, flight controls/GNC, ground systems, flight systems, flight sciences, avionics, payloads, and propulsion.
  • Define the engineering vision, technical strategy, and system architecture in alignment with the program roadmap, product line strategy, and long-term technology investments.
  • Serve as the senior technical leader for engineering within the program, making architectural decisions, managing technical and program risk, and driving execution across subsystems and suppliers.
  • Lead organizational planning, workforce strategy, and capability roadmap to support multiple concurrent development, test, and sustainment efforts.
  • Drive cross-functional collaboration across engineering, flight test, operations, program management, supply chain, quality, and production to enable predictable, high-quality product delivery.

Qualifications

  • Typically requires a minimum of 15 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
  • Strong technical background in aerospace engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering and avionics, propulsion, or closely related disciplines.
  • Experience building and leading multidisciplinary engineering teams and organizations across hardware, software, and systems.
  • Strong leadership and interpersonal skills, with the ability to manage and inspire cross-functional teams; excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  • Proven track record of successfully shipping products in a fast-paced environment.

Skills

Required:engineering leadershipsystems architectureflight softwarevalidation & verificationstakeholder communication

Benefits

  • Pay within range listed + Bonus + Benefits + Equity
  • Temporary employee offer package (applicable after 60 days) with temporary benefits
  • Salary compensation influenced by skills, experience, licenses/certifications, location
  • Offers contingent on background check and possible references
  • Equal opportunity employer with accommodation support
Last updated Oct 23, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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