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Job Description:
As a Maintenance Technician II, you will play a key role in ensuring the reliability, safety, and mission readiness of Shield AI’s X-Bat unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and associated Ground Support Equipment (GSE). This role supports day-to-day aircraft maintenance, troubleshooting, inspection, repair, and documentation while working closely with cross-functional teams to improve maintenance practices.
What you’ll do:
- Conduct organizational-level maintenance on X-BAT unmanned aircraft systems and associated GSE.
- ·Inspect, troubleshoot, repair, and maintain aircraft systems, components, and associated equipment.
- Use technical manuals, work instructions, engineering drawings, inspection criteria, torque specifications, and service bulletins to complete maintenance accurately and safely.
- Document inspections, discrepancies, repairs, component replacements, and other maintenance actions in accordance with company procedures and applicable quality requirements.
- Construct wiring harnesses and solder necessary components to maintain X-BAT unmanned aircraft systems and associated GSE.
- Comply with written training and certification requirements for maintenance personnel.
- ·Support the development and improvement of maintenance task instructions, inspection checklists, and future maintenance manuals.
- Build relationships with engineering, quality, production, flight operations, supply chain, and field support to ensure maintenance best practices are in place.
- Comply with the company’s tool control, Foreign Object Debris (FOD) prevention, Hazardous Materials (HAZMAT), Electrostatic Discharge (ESD), and safety programs.
Required qualifications:
- Experience in aviation maintenance and operations, including coordination across multiple departments.
- Ability to read and follow technical manuals, illustrated parts catalogs, engineering drawings, torque specifications, inspection criteria, and maintenance work instructions.
- Proficiency using maintenance tools and precision measuring equipment, including torque wrenches, calipers, micrometers, feeler gauges, and related inspection tools.
- Ability to inspect aircraft components for wear, cracks, corrosion, damage, and compliance with applicable inspection criteria.
- Ability to maintain accurate maintenance, inspection, configuration, and quality records.
- Ability to travel as needed.
- Ability to obtain a U.S. security clearance.
- Significant experience and proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Proven record of working hard, being a trustworthy teammate, holding yourself and others to high standards, and showing kindness to others.
- U.S.-issued passport.
Preferred qualifications:
- FAA Airframe and Powerplant (A&P) license or equivalent internal or external certification demonstrating technical competency.
- Experience with unmanned aerial systems.
- Ducted-fan VTOL aircraft, or expeditionary UAS operations.
- Experience with Group 2 or Group 3 UAS maintenance, field support, launch and recovery operations, or deployed aviation maintenance environments.
- Experience in avionics.
- IPC certification.
- Experience with maintenance data collection, failure reporting, root-cause analysis, continuous improvement, or development of maintenance work instructions.
Additional Information
Compensation
$23 - $35
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Job Details
- Company
- Shield AI
- Work Type
- Onsite
- Posted
- October 10, 2026
- Source freshness
- Seen on employer source 4h ago
About Shield AI
Shield AI is building the world's best AI pilot. Their Hivemind AI powers autonomous aircraft for defense applications, enabling drones to fly missions in GPS-denied environments without communications.
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