Staff Engineer, Integration

Job overview

The Staff Engineer, Integration is an onsite position in Washington, DC, with annual compensation of $144,400–$216,600. The role supports Shield AI’s vision and detection systems across laboratory, production, customer, and field environments. Shield AI’s stated mission is to protect service members and civilians with intelligent systems. This hands-on integration role connects software, electrical, and mechanical work to deploy and support aircraft vision systems. It helps ensure systems are configured, tested, documented, and ready for customer and operational use, while coordinating issue resolution across engineering, production, quality, program, and customer teams.

What you'll do

• Install, integrate, configure, and support vision systems and associated assemblies on crewed and uncrewed aircraft and test assets
• load, update, and validate software releases
• perform system bring-up, functional checkout, acceptance testing, and verification
• maintain hardware and software configuration records
• interpret drawings, wiring diagrams, schematics, and technical manuals
• perform authorized basic wiring and electromechanical work
• diagnose software, electrical, network, sensor, and mechanical integration issues
• document field issues, tests, repairs, and corrective actions
• coordinate with engineering, production, quality, program, and customer teams
• support deployments, demonstrations, exercises, and evaluations
• provide customer familiarization and technical guidance
• follow safety, quality, airworthiness, cybersecurity, export-control, and configuration-management requirements.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

staff engineer, integration

washington dc

shield ai

aerospace integration

vision systems

aircraft sensors

hardware and software configuration

system testing

electromechanical troubleshooting

customer deployments

secret clearance

approximately 50% travel

bonus

benefits

equity

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• For regular full-time employees: bonus, benefits, and equity.
• Temporary employees have a temporary benefits package applicable after 60 days.

Why this role

The role requires willingness to travel approximately 50% and ability to obtain a SECRET clearance. The regular full-time employee offer package includes pay within the listed range, bonus, benefits, and equity.

About the employer

Shield AI is hiring for this role. Industry: Engineering Services. Sector: 54.