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Shield AI

Flight Controls Engineer (R4815)

Seattle, WA · On-site · Unspecified

Discipline
Aerospace
Industry
Defense
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X-BAT Division

Flight Controls Engineer focusing on autonomous shipboard recovery guidance for XBAT, from algorithm development through flight testing, within a G&C team; emphasis on precision recovery to moving ships in GPS-degraded environments.

Required

  • flight-test autonomous shipboard recovery guidance
  • GPS-denied navigation
  • relative navigation integration
  • flight controls integration
  • recovery hardware integration
  • algorithm development to flight testing

Preferred

  • GNC
  • guidance, navigation, and control
  • autonomy software
  • shipboard recovery scenarios
  • GPS-denied operation
  • hardware-in-the-loop testing

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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:
In this role, you will design, implement, and flight-test autonomous shipboard recovery guidance for XBAT, with an emphasis on precision recovery to a moving ship in GPS-degraded and GPS-denied environments. Working within an established G&C team, you will own recovery guidance algorithms and their integration with relative navigation, flight controls, and recovery hardware. 
We are seeking someone with direct experience taking shipboard recovery guidance from algorithm development through implementation and flight testing. 

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