Aircraft Planner (R5296)

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:

Shield AI is seeking a Fleet Analyst to serve as the data backbone of the Fleet Strategy & Portfolio Management function within Aircraft Division.

Fleet Strategy & Portfolio Management is responsible for translating fleet visibility into business-grounded recommendations on how to align aircraft across customers, programs, captures, and internal demand. The function maintains the authoritative, real-time ledger of every aircraft in the enterprise fleet and turns that visibility into the dashboards, forecasts, and configuration intelligence that drive enterprise decision-making.

The Fleet Analyst will maintain the enterprise fleet ledger, build and own the analytical infrastructure that supports fleet decisions, and translate operational data into clear recommendations for the Senior Manager and Mission Control leadership. This role requires deep understanding of aircraft operations, configuration management, and rigorous data discipline. Decisions made across Fleet Strategy & Portfolio Management depend on the accuracy and timeliness of the data this role produces.

What you'll do:

Fleet Ledger & Configuration Intelligence
• Maintain authoritative, real-time visibility of every aircraft in the enterprise fleet, including location, configuration, flight hours, maintenance posture, modification status, and remaining useful life.
• Track configuration history and downstream impacts as aircraft cycle through customer deployments, test campaigns, training events, and depot-level maintenance.
• Coordinate with Engineering, Manufacturing, and Sustainment to ensure the ledger reflects ground truth at all times.
Analytics Infrastructure & Reporting
• Build and maintain the analytical infrastructure that makes fleet decisions repeatable and defensible: utilization dashboards, configuration intelligence tooling, lifecycle forecasting, and routine fleet posture reporting.
• Generate rolling 6, 12, and 24-month forecasts of fleet availability and configuration posture to support contractual commitments, capture activities, and capacity planning.
• Continuously improve data quality and tooling so the function scales as the fleet grows.
Decision Support
• Translate fleet visibility into clear, decision-ready briefings for the Senior Manager and Mission Control leadership.
• Surface portfolio-level patterns (underutilized assets, configuration trends, deal-impacting risks) that warrant strategic attention.
• Provide rapid analytical support for ad hoc fleet questions from senior leadership, Business Development, Program Management, and Finance.

Required qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Operations Research, Engineering, Aviation Management, Data Analytics, or related field.
• 5+ years of combined military and/or industry experience in aviation logistics, fleet analytics, operations research, or enterprise asset management.
• Strong proficiency in data tools (Tableau, Power BI, SQL, Excel) with demonstrated ability to build and maintain dashboards used by senior leadership.
• Working knowledge of aircraft operations, configuration management, or fleet portfolio principles.
• Strong written and verbal communication, with the ability to translate operational data into clear narratives for non-analyst audiences.
• Excellent attention to detail and discipline in maintaining data quality.

Preferred qualifications:

• Prior military aviation maintenance, scheduling, or operations officer experience.
• Familiarity with formal military planning processes (MDMP, JOPP, or equivalent).
• Experience with lifecycle modeling, RUL forecasting, or configuration management in aerospace or defense contexts.
• Exposure to government contract structures (FFP, CPFF, OTA) and how they shape fleet allocation.
• Experience supporting capture activities, capacity modeling, or proposal feasibility analysis.
• Familiarity with unmanned aircraft systems, particularly V-BAT or similar platforms.

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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. ### 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.