Avionics Systems Engineering Intern
Company | Shield AI |
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Location | Dallas, TX, USA |
Salary | $35 – $50 |
Type | Internship |
Degrees | Bachelor’s, Master’s, PhD |
Experience Level | Internship |
Requirements
- You are an undergraduate, graduate or PhD student expected to graduate in December 2025 or Spring 2026.
- Pursuing a degree in Electrical Engineering or related STEM field.
- Strong understanding of fundamental engineering concepts, including EE, Mech E, Programming, Physics, and Mathematics.
- Experience working on multidisciplinary hardware development projects, which can be from an internship, job, club, team, personal project, etc.
- Strong engineering analysis and debug fundamentals.
- Demonstrated track record of assuming ownership of and delivering outstanding outcomes.
- Strong communication skills, both written and verbally.
- Demonstrated record of working hard, being a trustworthy teammate, holding yourself and others to high standards, and being kind to others.
Responsibilities
- Support flight critical avionics from concept through production including rapid prototyping.
- Contribute to new avionics architectures as we evolve and advance V-BAT capabilities.
- Help debug, root cause, and repair electrical hardware issues. Drive improvements to prevent reoccurrence and increase reliability. Become fluent with aircraft schematics, wiring diagrams, interfaces, communications, and mechanical design.
- Deliver novel autonomous features through collaboration with Mechanical, Electrical, Embedded, Manufacturing, Product Management, Flight Test, etc.
- Support aircraft flight operations and data review the responsible authority for evaluating aircraft health, performance, real-time debug and resolution.
- Investigate technical challenges with rigor, analysis, and testing.
- Other duties as assigned.
Preferred Qualifications
- Engineering experience in electrical system design, integration, testing, debug, and repair.
- Comfortable using circuit schematics and wiring diagrams.
- Experience working in cross-functional engineering teams.