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Shield AI

Principal State Estimation Engineer (R4602)

Dallas, Texas · On-site · Principal

Discipline
Systems
Industry
Defense
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X-BAT Division

Principal State Estimation Engineer focusing on data fusion for vehicle state estimation within Shield AI’s GNC team, enabling autonomous operation of X-BAT in contested environments.

Day shift

Required

  • state estimation
  • sensor fusion
  • GNC
  • algorithms
  • data processing
  • fused state estimates
  • autonomy

Preferred

  • navigation
  • estimation theory
  • Kalman filtering
  • real-time systems
  • embedded software
  • ros / middleware
  • simulation & testing

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. 

Founded in 2015, Shield AI is a venture-backed defense technology company whose mission is to protect service members and civilians with intelligent systems. In pursuit of this mission, Shield AI is building the world’s best AI pilot. Its AI pilot, Hivemind, has flown a fighter jet (F-16), a vertical takeoff and landing drone (X-BAT), and a quadcopter (Nova). The company has offices in San Diego, Dallas, Washington DC and abroad. Shield AI’s products and people are currently in the field actively supporting operations with the U.S. Department of Defense and U.S. allies.  As a State Estimation Engineer, you will work on the GNC team to develop and optimize algorithms that process and fuse data from various sensors to provide accurate, reliable state estimates, enabling the X-BAT to operate autonomously in complex and contested environments. 

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