2 months ago
Base Salary
$196k - $294k/yr
Responsibilities
- Integrate autonomy software onto unmanned aircraft systems across onboard compute, sensors, and control interfaces.
- Own system build, configuration, validation, and pre-flight readiness activities.
- Support live flight operations at test sites, including safety checks, system bring-up, and time-critical troubleshooting.
- Debug hardware/software integration issues across autonomy software stacks and embedded systems.
- Capture flight data and perform post-test analysis with autonomy engineers.
- Collaborate with autonomy, GNC, systems, and test teams to deliver and validate mission-critical functionality.
- Develop tools and processes to improve integration timelines, flight-test reliability, system testing, logging, and data parsing.
- Support certification, airworthiness, compliance documentation, and system-level validation.
Requirements
- BS or MS in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a similar field, or equivalent practical experience.
- At least 2 years of related experience with a bachelor's degree, or an advanced degree with internship or equivalent practical experience.
- Proficiency in C++ and Python, with familiarity with real-time operating systems.
- Experience with Linux-based development, embedded systems, shell scripting, and system diagnostics.
- Knowledge of sensor integration, sensor fusion, and middleware frameworks such as ROS and DDS.
- Hands-on experience supporting flight demonstrations or live exercises.
- Experience with simulation tools such as AFSIM and NGTS for testing and validation.
- Ability to troubleshoot and optimize system performance in multidisciplinary environments.
- Ability to obtain a SECRET clearance.
- Preferred experience includes unmanned aerial systems, flight-test campaigns, autonomy stacks, flight-control systems, GNC pipelines, sensor integration, electronics debugging, avionics bring-up, DoD stakeholder engagement, and UCI and OMS Standards.
Benefits
- Full-time regular employees may receive bonus, benefits, and equity in addition to base pay.
- Temporary employees receive a temporary benefits package applicable after 60 days of employment.
- The role typically requires 30–40% travel to office locations, customer sites, and flight-integration events.
About Shield AI
Shield AI builds autonomous systems for military and national security customers, combining its Hivemind autonomy software with V-BAT and X-BAT unmanned aircraft and Aechelon simulation technologies. The privately held company sells hardware, software, and related services to U.S. and allied defense agencies. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in San Diego, it operates across the U.S., Europe, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific, and its technology is used in operational deployments.