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Staff Engineer, Tool Design (R6296)

Shield AI · Dallas, Texas · Seattle, Washington

Spotted 110d agoFull-time

Job details

Work mode
On-site
Employment
Full-time
Level
Staff / principal
Experience
7+ years
Posted
Jul 5, 2026
Last confirmed open
Oct 23, 2026
Job description

About this role

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.

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The Senior Tool

Design Engineer brings 7+ years of experience developing production tooling for complex aerospace systems. This role owns tooling throughout its lifecycle (concept, design, analysis, release, fabrication, and prove-out) ensuring safe, repeatable, first-time-right assembly. You will work cross-functionally with Manufacturing, Quality, and Safety to deliver robust tooling that supports pilot builds through rate production.

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