Technician II, Maintenance

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. For more information, visit www.shield.ai . Follow Shield AI on LinkedIn , X , Instagram , and YouTube .

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.

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