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Electrical Engineer I - New Grad (BOS)

Shield AI · Boston

Pay
$97K–$140K
From the posting
Posted
Nov 24, 2025
Tracked open for 104 days
Team
X-BAT Division
Full-time
Shield AI hiring
667 open roles
426 in engineering
Security clearanceNew grad
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Typical hardware engineer pay at startups: $168K median, middle half $146K–$190K (694 posted ranges).

Typical engineering pay at Shield AI: $150K–$240K — median of 357 listed ranges.

Across all startups we track: $170K–$242K for engineering roles (8,046 listed ranges).

About the role

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:
Founded in 2015, Shield AI is a venture-backed deep-tech company with the mission of protecting service members and civilians with intelligent systems. Its products include the V-BAT and X-BAT aircraft, Hivemind Enterprise, and the Hivemind Vision product lines. We are building the best team in aviation to drive rapid development and deployment of X-BAT.
 
We are looking for an entry level Electrical Engineer that is ready to help us bring X-BAT to first flight. You will own a project that ties directly to our critical path avionics development while receiving directly mentorship from Senior Electrical Engineers and other cross-functional leads. Our team looks for engineers that value first principles engineering and extreme ownership.

What you'll do:

  • Own a design that directly impacts the X-BAT system and major flight test milestones. A senior engineer is assigned as a direct mentor to provide technical review and professional feedback.
  • Full lifecycle ownership: concept, design, verification, integration, flight test, and manufacturing
  • Design efforts include:
  • Circuit design for our embedded system. You will design with analog, digital, power conversion, high-speed, FPGA, MCU, EMI/EMC, etc.
  • System integration and verification
  • Environmental test, qualification, and automation
  • Debug, root cause, and drive resolution
  • Systems must be designed for high-reliability, radiation, aggressive temperature changes, and high magnitude vibration

Required qualifications:

  • Have a degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent
  • Strong technical fundamentals
  • Have been part of an engineering team/club
  • Experience with electrical design software, Altium, KiCAD, etc.
  • Ability to obtain a S//SAR level security clearance desired.
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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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Shield AI is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know. 

From Shield AI's careers page. First seen Jul 15, 2026, last verified Oct 25, 2026.

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