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Engineering Specialist/Sr. Technician, Electrical Engineering (R4691)

Shield AI
Shield AI Salary
Boston, MA Full Time
POSTED ON 7/9/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 8/9/2026

Founded in 2015, Shield AI is a venture-backed deep-tech company with the mission of protecting service members and civilians with intelligent systems. Its products include the V-BAT and X-BAT aircraft, Hivemind Enterprise, and the Hivemind Vision product lines. With offices and facilities across the U.S., Europe, the Middle East, and the Asia-Pacific, Shield AI’s technology actively supports operations worldwide. For more information, visit www.shield.ai. Follow Shield AI on LinkedIn, X, Instagram, and YouTube


Job Description:

We are growing the Avionics Engineering team to support development of the X-BAT aircraft. Our team is designing a flight critical, custom avionics system to support communications, compute, AI, power, telemetry, and all other needed aircraft systems.

 

An Avionics Technician/Specialist supports the entire Avionics team and other cross-functional teams. It is an essential role spanning design, verification, procurement, manufacturing, and test. You will work specifically with the Electrical Engineering team as they design and verify all X-BAT electrical systems and circuit boards.

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Required qualifications:
  • 3 years working in an electrical engineering lab or equivalent
  • Experience performing benchtop testing with basic EE equipment (multimeter, oscilloscope, electronic load, thermal chamber, etc.)
  • Can design basic test fixtures
  • May be able to design basic wire harnesses or simple circuit boards
  • Able to rework circuit boards down to at least 0402 parts
  • Proficiency reading and interpreting schematics
  • Experience working on multidisciplinary hardware development projects, which can be from an internship, job, club, team, personal project, etc… 
  • Demonstrated history of showing ownership of project outcomes and delivering exceptional results
  • Record of working hard, being a trustworthy teammate, holding yourself and others to high standards, and being kind to others


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$36 - $54 an hour
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Full-time regular employee offer package:

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)


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. All offers are contingent on a cleared background and possible reference check. Military fellows and part-time employees are not eligible for benefits. Please speak to your talent acquisition representative for more information.


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Shield AI is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know. 

Salary : $36 - $54

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