# Structures / Mechanical Test Engineer

**Company**: Shield AI
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: Pay within range listed + Bonus + Benefits + Equity
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Defense-Tech

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## Description

Join a high-impact mechanical test team at Shield AI, developing next-generation aircraft that support the safety of service members and civilians. As a Structures / Mechanical Test Engineer, you will drive hardware design decisions by quantifying product performance through advanced testing, custom measurement systems, and specialized analysis.

Responsibilities:

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

- Support hydraulic system design and test activities, including selection, integration, and troubleshooting of components.

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

- Integrate and calibrate a range of sensors 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 to define test requirements and interpret results.

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

- Perform Finite Element Analysis to simulate mechanical performance and validate design assumptions.

- Work with composite materials in the design, fabrication, and testing of mechanical components.

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

Required qualifications:

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

- 6+ years of experience in mechanical/structures testing or product development environments.

- Experience with hydraulic systems, sensor instrumentation, and Python-based test automation.

- Advanced CAD skills (e.g., Siemens NX) with experience designing test hardware and prototypes.

Preferred qualifications:

- Comprehensive understanding of hydraulic schematics and pressure and flow characterization.

- Experience working in aerospace structures and dynamics test environments.

## Skills

### Required
- Mechanical Engineering
- Hydraulic Systems
- Sensor Instrumentation
- Python
- CAD
- Finite Element Analysis
- Composite Materials

### Nice to have
- Aerospace Structures
- Dynamics Test Environments
- Hydraulic Schematics

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