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Shield AI

Staff Guidance & Controls Engineer (R4763)

Dallas, TX · On-site · Unspecified

Discipline
Software
Industry
Defense
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V-BAT Division

Staff Guidance & Controls Engineer role focused on control and autonomy algorithms within the VBAT software stack, spanning development, testing, validation, and flight-test support for defense/autonomy systems.

Day shift

Required

  • control algorithms
  • autonomy software
  • flight software
  • simulation models
  • unit tests
  • component tests
  • flight test support
  • code maintenance

Preferred

  • VBAT codebase
  • flight software qualification
  • simulation model validation
  • system integration
  • autonomy algorithms
  • C++/Python
  • unit and integration 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. 

 
Job Description: 
As a member of the Software Autonomy team, you will be responsible for creating and maintaining all of control and autonomy algorithms within the VBAT code base.  This is a full lifecycle development opportunity with algorithm development, software design and coding, unit tests, component tests, flight software qualification and flight test support. You will also be responsible for helping update and validate the simulation models as required. 

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