Staff Engineer, Aircraft Trajectory Modeling (R5787)
Shield AI · San Diego, California
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Defenseonsitestaff$200k–$300k
At a glance
Highlights
- Lead trajectory prediction for safety-critical Run-Time Assurance autonomy.
- Turn aircraft performance and test evidence into models guiding safe recovery.
- Support X-BAT, Shield AI's flagship Group 5 Collaborative Combat Aircraft.
Ideal candidate
Senior autonomy or flight sciences engineer who thrives at the safety-autopilot boundary and cares about protecting service members with predictable, flight-proven autonomy.
Lab profile
About Shield AI
Venture-backed defense-tech company building intelligent autonomy systems to protect service members and civilians.
What they build
- Hivemind autonomy software
- V-BAT aircraft
- X-BAT aircraft
Known for
- AI autonomy
- Unmanned aircraft engineering
- Aerodynamics and aerostructures
- Simulation and synthetic reality
Key facts
- Venture-backed
- Offices across U.S., Europe, Middle East, and Asia-Pacific