Supervisor, Maintenance (R5382)

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:

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