Shield AI
Senior Staff Engineer, Test Director (R5446)
Washington, DC · On-site · Senior
- Discipline
- Aerospace
- Industry
- Defense
Spec sheet
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Hivemind Solutions Division
Senior Staff Flight Test Engineer / Test Director responsible for end-to-end flight test of Hivemind Mission Autonomy on UAS, owning test readiness, execution, risk management, and data-driven decision making across engineering, safety, and PM teams.
Day shift
Required
- flight test execution
- test director
- cross-functional leadership
- risk management
- data-driven decisions
- simulation to flight test
- UAS autonome systems
- test readiness assessment
Preferred
- Hivemind autonomy software experience
- UAS flight test programs
- safety and regulatory compliance coordination
- program management leadership
- flight test instrumentation and data analysis
Benefits
- medical
- 401k
- PTO
Employer description
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.
As a Senior Staff Flight Test Engineer / Test Director, you will serve as the end-to-end Test Director for the integration, verification, and flight test of Hivemind Mission Autonomy on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS). You will own the technical direction, execution, and readiness of test campaigns, applying a fly–fix–fly methodology to rapidly mature autonomy capabilities from simulation and lab environments through flight.
In this role, you are the single technical authority for test execution—responsible for determining test readiness, directing test conduct, managing risk, and ensuring data-driven decisions throughout development and flight test operations. You will lead cross-functional teams across engineering, safety, and program management, aligning stakeholders around clear objectives, disciplined execution, and continuous learning.
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