Lead, Electrical Engineering (R5116)
- Location
- Seattle, WA
- Job type
- Full-time
- Level
- Lead / Staff
- Listed
- 30 days ago
Skills & highlights for this role
- electrical system architecture
- avionics integration
- electrical system design
About the role
Help build the technology behind the next generation of autonomous aircraft. As a Lead, Electrical Engineer, you will serve as a player-coach: leading the architecture, design, integration, and delivery of advanced electrical systems while directly managing and developing a small team of electrical engineers.You will remain deeply hands-on technically while setting direction for your team, driving execution across disciplines, and building the leadership experience needed to grow into broader engineering management responsibilities, including eventually leading full avionics organizations.
Growth Opportunity
This role is intended for an experienced technical leader who wants to expand their impact through both hands-on engineering leadership and people management. Successful performance can lead to broader responsibility for multiple teams, larger avionics portfolio.
About Shield AI
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.
From Shield AI's careers page, first listed on Rolev.ai on October 10, 2026. Rolev.ai is not the employer.
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