# Loads and Dynamics Analyst (R5841 - TX/DC)

**Company**: Shield AI
**Location**: Dallas, Texas
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: Full Time Employee
**Salary**: USD 145,000-220,000 per-year-salary
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

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.

As a Loads and Dynamics Analyst, you will lead the generation and analysis of structural and aerodynamic load cases that define the mechanical environment for the next-gen air vehicle. You'll play a key role in shaping how loads flow through the aircraft structure,supporting structural sizing, airworthiness, aeroelastic stability, and flight performance.

## Responsibilities

- Own the development of aerodynamic and structural load envelopes for the full vehicle, from clean-sheet through flight test

- Lead maneuver, gust, landing, and ground loads analyses, including both quasi-static and dynamic cases

- Coordinate closely with GNC, aero, and structural teams to define load cases tied to mission profiles and flight control behaviors

- Develop and validate loads models using tools like NASTRAN, FEMAP, MATLAB, or custom Python/Simulink scripts

- Support the sizing and analysis of critical structural components through detailed load maps and V-n diagrams

- Conduct aeroelastic stability assessments, including divergence and control reversal checks

- Lead traceability of loads inputs/outputs across ICDs, FEA models, and design justification documents

- Interface with test engineering to support strain gauge placement, instrumentation plans, and correlation of in-flight data

- Author and present loads documentation for reviews, compliance, and technical buy-in

- Support the long-term refinement of loads methodologies and automation across the aerostructures team

## Required qualifications

- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related field

- 8+ years experience performing loads and aeroelastic analysis for aircraft (manned or unmanned)

- Proficiency with loads modeling tools such as FEMAP, NASTRAN, MATLAB, or other relevant simulation environments

- Strong understanding of aircraft flight envelopes, control surface effects, and structural load paths

- Demonstrated experience supporting both design and test phases with accurate load predictions

- Excellent documentation, cross-functional collaboration, and communication skills

- Ability to get a S//SAR level security clearance desired.

## Preferred qualifications

- Experience on UAV, eVTOL, or tactical military platforms

- Familiarity with MIL-A-8860, FAR Part 23/25 loads regulations, or similar certification standards

- Knowledge of aeroelastic stability, load alleviation, and adaptive control

- Experience developing internal tools or automation for loads generation and reporting

- Active or previous DoD clearance (not required)

## Skills

### Required
- Aerospace Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
- loads and aeroelastic analysis
- FEMAP
- NASTRAN
- MATLAB
- Python
- Simulink

### Nice to have
- UAV
- eVTOL
- tactical military platforms
- MIL-A-8860
- FAR Part 23/25 loads regulations
- aeroelastic stability
- load alleviation
- adaptive control

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