Senior Staff Product Support — Autonomous Aircraft

Job overview

The Senior Staff Product Support — Autonomous Aircraft role is onsite in Washington, DC, with compensation of $100,000–$150,000 per year. The role supports Shield AI’s next-generation autonomous aircraft system; the company’s mission is to protect service members and civilians with intelligent systems. The position leads logistics planning, supply support, sustainment analysis, and lifecycle support across development, flight test, production, and operational sustainment. By coordinating supportability work across engineering, program, supply chain, field operations, and customer teams, the role helps maintain mission availability and operational readiness.

What you'll do

• Lead logistics and sustainment planning across program phases.
• Develop and maintain integrated logistics support products, maintenance concepts, support equipment design, provisioning inputs, spares plans, and sustainment documentation.
• Perform Maintenance Task Analysis and maintain Logistics Control Number structures.
• Support reliability and maintainability work, including Level of Repair Analysis and FMECA data analysis.
• Lead supply support, inventory planning, repair coordination, risk identification, and obsolescence management.
• Support proposals, cost estimates, and compliance with defense standards and requirements.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

senior staff product support

autonomous aircraft

uas logistics

defense aviation

integrated logistics support

maintenance task analysis

supply support

sustainment planning

reliability and maintainability

security clearance

washington dc

shield ai

$100k–$150k annually

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• Full-time regular employee package includes bonus, benefits, and equity
• specific benefits are not detailed in the posting.

Why this role

Requires 8+ years supporting UAS or fighter aircraft logistics and sustainment, hands-on Maintenance Task Analysis and supply support experience, and an active current security clearance with ability to obtain SAP. Full-time regular employee package includes pay within range, bonus, benefits, and equity.

About the employer

Shield AI is hiring for this role. Industry: Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology). Sector: 54.