# Senior Staff Engineer, Structural Analysis - Ranger (R6369)

**Company**: Shield AI
**Location**: Seattle, Washington
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: Full Time Employee
**Salary**: USD 210,000-320,000 per-year-salary
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

Shield AI is seeking a Senior Staff Structural Analyst to provide advanced technical leadership in the structural analysis and validation of next-generation UAV platforms.

In this role, you will serve as a senior subject-matter expert for airframe structures, leading complex analysis efforts, supporting test correlation, and ensuring structural integrity across development, flight test, and production.

## Responsibilities:

- Lead structural analysis efforts for UAV airframes, major substructures, and critical components within a program scope.

- Define and execute finite element modeling approaches, load cases, assumptions, and margin assessments.

- Perform and oversee static, modal, fatigue, vibration, and damage-tolerance analyses.

- Establish sound practices for hand calculations, model validation, and analysis-to-test correlation.

- Drive structural optimization across performance, weight, cost, and manufacturability targets.

- Support structural test strategy, including defining requirements, participating in execution, and correlating results to analysis.

- Review structural analysis deliverables, test reports, and technical documentation for design reviews.

- Mentor and technically guide structural analysts across varying experience levels.

- Partner cross-functionally with design, loads, aero, propulsion, and systems teams to balance structural requirements with overall aircraft performance goals.

- Contribute to evolving analysis methodologies and improving structural standards within the organization.

## Required qualifications:

- B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or related field.

- 10+ years of experience in structural analysis, aircraft structures, or aerospace systems.

- Strong expertise with FEA tools (ANSYS, NASTRAN, HyperWorks, or similar).

- Advanced proficiency in hand calculations for strength, stability, fatigue, and damage tolerance.

- Significant experience with composite and lightweight aerospace structures.

- Experience supporting structural testing, model correlation, and flight test validation.

- Ability to lead complex technical workstreams and influence design decisions within a program.

- Strong communication skills and experience presenting analysis findings to engineering leadership.

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

## Preferred qualifications:

- Master’s or Ph.D. in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering.

- Experience serving as a senior technical lead on aircraft or UAV structural programs.

- Hands-on involvement in flight test support and certification efforts.

- Experience contributing to internal analysis standards or best practices.

- Familiarity with CAD, PLM, and enterprise engineering toolchains.

## 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.

## Skills

### Required
- FEA tools (ANSYS, NASTRAN, HyperWorks)
- hand calculations for strength, stability, fatigue, and damage tolerance
- composite and lightweight aerospace structures
- structural testing
- model correlation
- flight test validation

### Nice to have
- Master’s or Ph.D. in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering
- senior technical lead on aircraft or UAV structural programs
- flight test support and certification efforts
- internal analysis standards or best practices
- CAD, PLM, and enterprise engineering toolchains

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