Senior Staff Engineer, Structural Analysis - Ranger (R6369)
- Location
- Seattle, WA · On-site
- Job type
- Full-time
- Level
- Director
- Experience
- 12+ years
- Education
- Bachelor's degree
- Listed
- 19 days ago
Skills & highlights for this role
- Structural analysis
- Airframe structures
- Test correlation
- Structural validation
- Technical leadership
Also useful
- Finite element analysis
- UAV structural design
- Flight test support
- Mentoring
- Aerospace structures
About the role
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.
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 21, 2026. Rolev.ai is not the employer.
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This Senior Staff Engineer, Structural Analysis - Ranger (R6369) position at Shield AI is located in Seattle, WA (On-site). Always check Shield AI's application page for specific state eligibility or relocation policies.
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