Shield AI

Senior Principal Engineer, GNC & State Estimation (R6233)

San Diego, California · On-site · Principal

Discipline: Systems
Industry: Defense

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Hivemind Enterprise Division

Senior Principal Engineer leading guidance, navigation, and state estimation for shielded autonomous systems; focus on GNC algorithms, sensor fusion, and robust state estimation for defense-grade aircraft and simulations.

Day shift

Required

GNC
state estimation
navigation
orbit determination
control systems
sensor fusion
estimation algorithms
robotics

Preferred

aeronautics/defense familiarity
DO-178/DO-254 experience
MATLAB/Simulink
C++/Python
real-time embedded systems
fault-tolerant design
model-based design
Kalman filtering

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.

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