Shield AI
Staff Engineer, Aircraft Trajectory Modeling (R5787)
San Diego, California · On-site · Staff
- Discipline
- Aerospace
- Industry
- Defense
Spec sheet
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Hivemind Enterprise Division
Senior staff engineer focusing on applied trajectory prediction and aircraft-response modeling for a real-time safety product at Shield AI. Lead model development and validation using Python, simulation, HIL, and flight-test data, collaborating with C/C++ engineers to deliver reliable flight software for the Hivemind Foundations RTA platform.
Required
- trajectory prediction
- aircraft-response modeling
- RTA (Run-Time Assurance)
- Python validation
- simulation
- HIL (hardware-in-the-loop)
- flight-test data
- C/C++ collaboration
Preferred
- experience with UAVs/Group 5 aircraft
- automation/safety-critical software
- real-time systems
- state estimation
- autopilot interfaces
- flight-control APIs
- model validation with tests
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.
Job Description:
Shield AI is seeking a Staff Engineer to help design, develop, and integrate a safety critical Run-Time Assurance (RTA) product. The Hivemind Foundations team is responsible for a suite of core products and capabilities that brings resilient autonomy and intelligence to aircraft and other platforms operating in complex environments. The RTA product that the Foundations team develops is a real-time safety capability that helps keep autonomy safe, predictable, and effective at the edge.
As a senior member of the Hivemind Foundations team, you will lead applied trajectory prediction and aircraft-response modeling for the RTA. You will work at the boundary between safety logic, vehicle state, and autopilot or flight-control APIs, turning aircraft performance data, command-response assumptions, and test evidence into predictive models that guide safe recovery behavior. You will evolve Trajectory Prediction Algorithm (TPA) models, validate them with Python, simulation, HIL, and flight-test data, and partner with C/C++ engineers to deliver reliable software that can fly, including support for X-BAT, Shield AI’s flagship Group 5 Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) UAV.
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