Staff Engineer, Reliability (R6517)
Shield AI · Dallas, Texas
Posted November 10, 2026
AI Summary
Shield AI is seeking a Staff Engineer for Reliability to own design-for-reliability practices for V-BAT aircraft hardware. The role involves stress screening, environmental testing, failure analysis, FMEA participation, and root-cause investigation of manufacturing and field failures, working closely with design engineers and suppliers. It is a senior, high-impact position in a defense-tech company building autonomous systems.
Job Description
Job Description:
As a Hardware Reliability Engineer at Shield AI, you will be responsible for ensuring the robustness and long-term performance of our VBAT flight hardware. You’ll work closely with design, manufacturing, and supplier chain to implement design-for-reliability best practices and perform reliability verification from concept through production. You will lead environmental and stress testing efforts, including temperature cycling, vibration, HALT, and HASS, conduct failure analysis and materials characterization, and analyze root cause investigations for manufacturing non-conformances and field returns. You’ll participate in design reviews and FMEA activities, shape material selection and manufacturing requirements, analyze test and field data using reliability modeling tools, and help develop corrective actions and process improvements that elevate hardware reliability across the program.
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