# Manager, Engineering - Structural Design (R5633)

**Company**: Shield AI
**Location**: Dallas, Texas
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: USD 150,000-230,000 per-year-salary
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

Shield AI is seeking an Aerostructures Design Manager to support the development of structural components for its next-generation autonomous aircraft. As a contributor on the Structures team, you will lead the design and develop high-performance structural components from concept through production release. You'll work cross-functionally to ensure structural integrity, manufacturability, and system integration across one of the most advanced autonomous aircraft platforms being built today.

Responsibilities:

- Lead the design and development of high-performance structural components from concept through production release

- Work cross-functionally to ensure structural integrity, manufacturability, and system integration

- Ensure compliance with aerospace standards and regulations

Required qualifications:

- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or related discipline

- 8+ years of experience in aircraft structural design or closely related aerospace structures

- Experience with team leadership as a project or IPT style team lead

- Experience designing and releasing structural components in development or production environments

- Working knowledge of composite and metallic structures, including fasteners, bonded joints, and load paths

- Proficiency in CAD tools (NX, CATIA, SolidWorks, or similar)

- Understanding of GD&T, tolerance stackups, and DFMA principles

- Strong written and verbal technical communication skills

- Demonstrated ability to operate in fast-paced, high-ownership engineering environments

Preferred qualifications:

- M.S. degree in Aerospace or Mechanical Engineering

- Experience supporting UAV, DoD, or aerospace full vehicle programs

- Familiarity with aerospace standards (MIL-STD, ASME Y14.5, FAA)

- Experience fabricating and testing large-scale aerospace structures such as wings, fuselages, or similar

- Demonstrated understanding of composite manufacturing methods

- Experience using FEA tools (ANSYS, Abaqus, NASTRAN, or similar) for linear structural analysis

Benefits:

- Pay within range listed + Bonus + Benefits + Equity

- Temporary employee offer package: Pay within range listed above + temporary benefits package (applicable after 60 days of employment)

## Skills

### Required
- Mechanical Engineering
- Aerospace Engineering
- aircraft structural design
- team leadership
- CAD tools
- GD&T
- DFMA principles
- technical communication

### Nice to have
- M.S. degree in Aerospace or Mechanical Engineering
- UAV programs
- aerospace standards
- composite manufacturing methods
- FEA tools

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