Director, Engineering Excellence & Design Standards at Shield AI

The role

This senior technical leader role focuses on establishing engineering excellence and design standards across Shield AI aircraft programs. As a high-impact individual contributor, you will drive consistency and scalability in design, analysis, and documentation processes.

What you'll do

• Establish and own engineering design standards across all aircraft programs
• Define best practices for aerospace design and system-level engineering rigor
• Develop standards for CAD usage and engineering documentation release processes
• Manage manufacturing handoffs including EBOM and MBOM creation
• Build an engineering excellence framework that scales with the company
• Partner with leadership to align teams on consistent working methodologies

What you'll bring

• Ten or more years of experience in aerospace hardware design
• Deep expertise in maintaining strong engineering standards and design rigor
• Broad technical background across mechanical and systems engineering domains
• Familiarity with industry standards including MIL-STD-810 and ASME Y14.5
• Demonstrated ability to influence senior engineers and drive team alignment

Your impact

This role will significantly raise the bar for engineering quality and consistency across the organization. By operationalizing rigorous standards and scalable processes, you will ensure that Shield AI can develop complex intelligent systems more efficiently and reliably as the company grows.