# Senior Engineer, Mechanical Test

**Company**: Shield AI
**Location**: Dallas
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $110,000 - $160,000 a year
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

## Senior Engineer, Mechanical Test

This role involves developing and executing test plans to validate mechanical performance, structural integrity, and environmental durability from start to finish.

### Responsibilities:

- Develop and execute test plans to validate mechanical performance, structural integrity, and environmental durability.

- Design, build, and operate test fixtures and systems involving hydraulic actuation, mechanical linkages, and sensor instrumentation.

- Integrate and calibrate a range of sensors (e.g., load cells, pressure transducers, strain gauges, accelerometers) into test setups for accurate data collection.

- Create and maintain python scripts to provide automation, signal processing, and result visualization.

- Analyze test data, troubleshoot system behaviors, and generate detailed technical reports with design feedback.

- Collaborate with cross-functional teams including mechanical design, systems, and electrical engineering to define test requirements, run test campaigns and deliver high quality results.

- Lead CAD design of custom test equipment, prototypes, fixtures, and components, ensuring manufacturability and safety.

- Perform Finite Element Analysis to simulate mechanical performance, validate design assumptions, and correlate analytical results with test data.

- Work with metallic/composite materials in the design, fabrication, and testing of mechanical components, with consideration for their unique properties such as anisotropy, delamination risk, and layup configuration.

- Support lab safety protocols, equipment maintenance, and continuous improvement of test capabilities.

### Requirements:

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

- 5+ years of experience in mechanical testing or product development environments.

- Strong working knowledge of hydraulic systems and their control/measurement.

- Experience with sensor selection, integration, and calibration in test environments.

- Proficiency in Python for scripting, test automation, and data analysis.

- Advanced CAD skills in Siemens NX with experience designing test hardware and prototypes.

- Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to work independently and in team settings.

### Offered Salary

$110,000 - $160,000 a year

## Skills

### Required
- Mechanical Engineering
- Hydraulic Systems
- Sensor Selection
- Python Scripting
- CAD Design
- Finite Element Analysis