# Senior Electrical Engineer, Hardware Test (R5154)

**Company**: Shield AI
**Location**: Dallas, Texas
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: USD 115,527-173,291 per-year-salary
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

At Shield AI, we are revolutionizing defense technology to protect service members and civilians with intelligent, autonomous systems.

Our Hardware Test Engineering team plays a critical role in ensuring the X-BAT becomes the most reliable, mission-ready UAV in the industry.

As a Senior Electrical Engineer on our Hardware Test team, you will own the design and development of test systems that push our hardware to its limits.

## Responsibilities:

- Lead the design, validation, and deployment of advanced test systems for X-BAT’s critical components and subsystems.

- Architect PCBs and test interfaces for power electronics, RF, and communication systems.

- Develop automated test sequences in Python, ensuring scalability, efficiency, and repeatability.

- Design and integrate custom test fixtures, including relays, PLCs, PCBAs, and harnessing.

- Own and drive cross-functional design reviews, advocating for design-for-testability (DFT) improvements.

- Work hands-on with HASS, ESS, and HALT testing, validating performance in simulated harsh environments.

- Be a technical mentor, guiding junior engineers and contributing to Shield AI’s growing expertise in hardware test engineering.

## Required qualifications:

- B.S. in Electrical Engineering or related STEM field.

- 3+ years of industry experience in hardware design and test engineering (or equivalent experience with advanced degrees).

- Deep expertise in electrical design, mechanical, and software engineering principles as applied to hardware test systems.

- Proven ability to design, implement, and validate multidisciplinary hardware systems in a fast-paced, high-stakes environment.

- Track record of ownership,driving projects from concept to execution, delivering exceptional results.

- A team-first mindset, with high standards for yourself and others, and a passion for solving complex technical challenges.

## Preferred qualifications:

- Proficiency in Python or another scripting language for test automation.

- Hands-on experience with PCB design tools (Altium, KiCAD, Eagle) and CAD software (SolidWorks, NX, CATIA).

- Experience working in rugged, high-reliability industries like aerospace, defense, or automotive.

- Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to pivot quickly in dynamic, evolving environments.

## 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
- Electrical Engineering
- hardware design
- test engineering
- Python
- PCB design
- automation

### Nice to have
- PCB design tools
- CAD software
- aerospace
- defense
- automotive

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