About the posting
“With offices and facilities across the U.S., Europe, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific, Shield AI’s technology actively supports operations worldwide.”
Read the full posting on Shieldai's site
Seen live Oct 23, 2026; first seen Oct 22, 2026.
Pay in context
This posting lists $72,800 to $110,240 a year, a midpoint of $91,520.
The midpoint is higher than 10 percent of engineering (not software) postings in Dallas, TX that list pay.
How long it has been open
Posted Sep 24, 2026, 29 days ago, and seen on Shieldai's careers page today.
At 29 days old, it is under the 71-day median.
Shieldai at a glance
Shieldai has 552 open postings that we can see, 39 in engineering (not software); 97 percent list pay.
The application
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Seniority
Level: senior.
The posting mentions 6+ years.
Place and cost of living
On site in Dallas, TX; prices in TX run 3 percent below the US average.
The engineering (not software) market in Dallas, TX
63 engineering (not software) postings in Dallas, TX are open right now, from 12 employers.
Half of them have been open 71 days or less.
From Shieldai's posting
This is Shieldai's own text, as published on its job board. We last checked it on Oct 23, 2026. Apply on Shieldai's site. We remove a posting when the employer closes it.
Shield AI is a venture-backed defense-tech company with the mission of protecting service members and civilians with intelligent systems. Its products include Hivemind autonomy software, V-BAT and X-BAT aircraft, and Aechelon simulation and synthetic reality technologies. With offices and facilities across the U.S., Europe, the Middle East, and 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 V-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 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 V-BAT electrical systems and circuit boards.
Required qualifications
- 6+ 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
- Can fabricate wire harnesses based on engineering drawings
- 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
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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