# Senior Engineer, Component (R6605)

**Company**: Shield AI
**Location**: Dallas, Texas
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: USD 121,000-182,000 per-year-salary
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

Shield AI is redefining autonomous aviation with cutting-edge AI and GPS/RF-denied navigation technologies.

As one of the first Component Engineers at Shield AI, you'll be a foundational hire building the function from the ground up , defining process, tooling, and standards, not just executing an existing playbook.

## Responsibilities:

- Establish and scale Component Engineering processes, tools, and standards as one of the function's first dedicated hires

- Define baseline quality and certification requirements for EEE components across the XBAT aircraft

- Qualify and up-screen EEE components for use in aerospace applications, driving environmental and bench-top testing

- Own component data and governance in PLM and the ECAD part library, including lifecycle status and approved vendor list

- Contribute to component failure analysis and root cause efforts

- Monitor and assess PCNs and lifecycle changes (NRND/EOL), and drive mitigation actions

- Support supply chain with alternate part evaluations and second-sourcing strategies

- Engage directly with suppliers to resolve technical questions

## Required qualifications:

- B.S. in an engineering, physics or materials science

- 5+ years of relevant experience

- Deep knowledge of EEE components

- Understanding of Product Lifecycle Management, ECAD tools and structured component libraries

- Strong judgment in balancing performance, cost and supply chain risk

- Demonstrated ability to lead technical discussions and influence design decisions across engineering, supply chain, and program teams , including in ambiguous, fast-moving environments without an established playbook

## Preferred qualifications:

- Experience building or scaling a component engineering function in a startup or fast-growth environment

- Familiar with industry-standard component qualification process (AEC-Q, NASA, JEDEC, MIL, etc)

- Knowledge of electrical component manufacturing processes and common failure modes

- Experience writing specifications/standards for internal company distribution

## Additional Information:

- Pay within range listed + Bonus + Benefits + Equity

- Salary compensation is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, licenses and certifications, and specific work location.

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## Skills

### Required
- EEE components
- Product Lifecycle Management
- ECAD tools
- structured component libraries

### Nice to have
- component qualification process
- electrical component manufacturing processes
- writing specifications/standards

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