Field Engineer – Maritime Systems (VBAT) (R4778)

What you'll do:

Shipboard Installation & Integration
• Install and integrate the V-BAT UAV system on maritime platforms, including:
• Air vehicle support equipment
• Radios and networking components
• Antennas, cabling, and mounting hardware
• Ensure installations comply with shipboard safety standards, EMI/EMC requirements, and platform-specific operational constraints.
• Execute installations in confined, austere, and operational shipboard environments.
Radio Configuration & Calibration
• Configure, calibrate, and validate communication systems, including LOS and BLOS radios, antennas, and associated networking hardware.
• Perform link testing, spectrum checks, and interference mitigation in complex maritime RF environments.
• Support troubleshooting and optimization of RF performance during shipboard operations.
Customer & Platform Coordination
• Work directly with customers, ship crews, and program stakeholders to understand ship-unique requirements and operational needs.
• Adapt installation approaches and system configurations to platform-specific constraints while maintaining system performance, safety, and compliance.
• Serve as a technical interface between Shield AI, the customer, and the operating platform.
System Checkout & Verification
• Conduct post-installation inspections, functional testing, and system verification to ensure operational readiness.
• Support system acceptance activities and operational demonstrations as required.
Documentation & Reporting
• Document installation configurations, calibration data, deviations, and lessons learned.
• Generate clear technical reports and provide feedback to engineering and program teams to support continuous improvement and design evolution.
Field Support & Troubleshooting
• Diagnose and resolve hardware, integration, and RF issues in deployed and shipboard environments.
• Provide on-site technical support during fielding, training, and operational events.
• Serve as a professional technical representative of the program during customer engagements.
Flight Test & System Test Support (As Needed)
• Support and assist with flight testing activities under the System Test team during off-ship periods, as operational schedules allow.
• Participate in system checkout, ground testing, and developmental or regression flight test activities to support system verification and readiness.
• Provide field-driven integration and RF insights to System Test and Engineering teams to improve test coverage, procedures, and system robustness.

Required qualifications:

• B.S. degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics) discipline, such as Aerospace, Mechanical, or Electrical Engineering.
• Experience with field installation, integration, or sustainment of complex electromechanical or RF systems.
• Hands-on experience with radios, antennas, cabling, and networking equipment.
• Ability to troubleshoot hardware, integration, and RF issues in operational environments.
• Comfort working aboard ships and in maritime or deployed settings.
• Strong communication skills and ability to work directly with customers and operators.
• Willingness to travel extensively, including shipboard deployments.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience with unmanned aircraft systems (UAS/UAV) or aerospace platforms.
• Familiarity with shipboard systems, maritime safety standards, and EMI/EMC considerations.
• RF testing experience (spectrum analysis, link testing, interference mitigation).
• Prior military, defense, or maritime operations experience.
• Experience providing feedback to engineering teams to improve fielded systems.