Supervisor, Maintenance (R5382)

Job Description

Job Description

Founded in 2015, 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 and V-BAT and X-BAT aircraft. With offices and facilities across the U.S., Europe, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific, Shield AI’s technology actively supports operations worldwide. For more information, visit Follow Shield AI on LinkedIn, X, Instagram, and YouTube. 

Job Description:

Help keep the next generation of autonomous aircraft mission-ready. In this hands-on role, you'll maintain and support advanced unmanned aircraft systems, ensuring reliability, readiness, and peak performance while working alongside cross-functional teams to deliver mission-critical capabilities.

What you'll do:

• Conduct organizational and depot level maintenance on V-BAT unmanned aircraft systems and associated Ground Support Equipment (GSE) 
• Comply with written training and certification requirements for maintenance personnel.   
• Support development of maintenance task instructions for inclusion in future maintenance manuals. 
• Develop relationships with adjacent organizations to ensure maintenance best practices are in place throughout the organization. 
• Comply with the company’s Tool Control, FOD prevention, and HAZMAT programs. 
• Internal customer V-BAT Organizational and Depot Level Maintenance tasks

Required qualifications:

• Experience with aviation maintenance and operations, including coordinating work across multiple departments.  
• Excellent communications skills.  
• A demonstrated record of working hard, being a trustworthy teammate, holding self and others to high standards, and being kind to others. 

Preferred qualifications:

• FAA Airframe and Powerplant (A&P) Certification 
• Experience in field of Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) 
• Support international shipments for demonstrations and COCOs

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Full-time regular employee offer package:

Pay within range listed + Bonus + Benefits + Equity

 

Temporary employee offer package:

Pay within range listed above + temporary benefits package (applicable after 60 days of employment)

 

Salary compensation is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, licenses and certifications, and specific work location. All offers are contingent on a cleared background and possible reference check. Military fellows and part-time employees are not eligible for benefits. Please speak to your talent acquisition representative for more information.

 

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