Engineering Manager, Air Vehicle Mechanical Systems (R5391) at Shield AI in San Diego, California is closed. It closed on Nov 13, 2026 and it no longer takes applications.
About the role
Shield AI is seeking a Manager of Actuated Systems to lead an aircraft mechanical systems team for our groundbreaking jet-engine VTOL military UAV platform, X-BAT. You will manage a team of engineers designing and integrating flight- and mission-critical mechanisms such as doors, uplocks/downlocks, landing gear, folding/packaging mechanisms, flight-control actuation integration, and propulsion/nozzle actuation…
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