Shield AI
Staff UAS Flight Test Operator - 5793
San Diego, California · On-site · Staff
- Discipline
- Aerospace
- Industry
- Defense
Spec sheet
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Hivemind Enterprise Division
Staff UAS Flight Test Operator leading system-level flight test operations for Hivemind Mission Autonomy across small UAS and external platforms; ensures operational readiness and safe operation of UAS, payloads, and ground control systems while planning missions and providing feedback to improve release quality.
Required
- flight test operations
- UAS flight testing
- multirotor and fixed-wing operation
- ground control systems
- test equipment
- SDLC testing
- defect identification
- feedback to improve product readiness
Preferred
- Hivemind autonomy software
- payload testing
- flight campaign planning
- operational readiness and configuration
- safety operations
- lab and flight environment validation
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.
The Staff UAS Flight Test Operator leads system-level flight test operations supporting Hivemind Mission Autonomy across small UAS and external platforms. As a member of the Hivemind Product Quality team, this role supports the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) for HivemindSDK by testing pre-release software and verifying its features, capabilities, and operational performance in representative laboratory and flight environments. The operator is responsible for the operational readiness, configuration, and safe operation of multi-rotor and fixed-wing UAS, payloads, ground control systems, and supporting test equipment; plans and conducts single- and multi-aircraft missions; supports fly–fix–fly campaigns; validates autonomy capabilities; identifies defects and usability issues; and provides actionable feedback to improve the quality and customer readiness of each release.
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