# Senior Engineer, Production Test (R6513)

Job Description: We are looking for a driven and hands-on test professional to support aircraft and system testing in a fast-paced aerospace environment on our XBAT program. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys solving complex problems, working closely with cross-functional teams, and seeing projects move from early development through production and flight operations. The right candidate will have experience planning and executing tests for UAV or manned aircraft platforms and be comfortable building test plans and procedures from the ground up. This individual should be organized, adaptable, and detail-oriented, with the ability to manage multiple test activities while maintaining a strong focus on safety, quality, and mission success. What You'll Do: Manage and maintain traceability of test requirements throughout system development, integration, and test execution phases. Plan, coordinate, and execute aircraft/lab test execution activities, including pre-test readiness reviews, test conduct, data collection, and post-test reporting. Coordinate test schedules and support comprehensive test planning activities to ensure alignment with program milestones and objectives. Devel

- **Id**: 3721574
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/shield-ai-senior-engineer-production-test-r6513>
- **Role**: Industrial Engineering
- **Role family**: Industrial Engineering
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Seattle, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-03T22:41:56Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-03
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-06T12:29:46Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 2
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 4267
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Military Drones, Defense Manufacturing, Defense AI, Drone AI

## Company

- **Id**: 50
- **Name**: Shield AI
- **Domain**: shield.ai
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/shield-ai>
- **Size band**: 1001-5000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Lever

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 74
- **Open postings**: 89
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.854
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 68
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-06T05:58:05Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 140000
- **Max**: 210000
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 210000

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 2

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: yes

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Hiring locations

- **United States** — Iso: US; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-04T02:51:31Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Evidence: H-1B filings in 12 months: 2; Filings 12m: 2; Filings prev 12m: 2; Green card filings 12m: 0

## Liveness

- **Score**: 63
- **Band**: ok
- **Label**: Likely open
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.632
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 2
- **Expected fill days**: 68
- **Reasons**: conf:2, stale_co, velocity, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-06T05:58:05Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 210000
- **Is top pay**: yes

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