Flight Controls Engineer
Shield AI is a U.S. defense-technology company developing mission-autonomy software and autonomous aircraft for military and allied operations.
Funding history
Investors
About Shield AI
Founded in 2015, Shield AI builds Hivemind autonomy software and V-BAT and X-BAT aircraft for operations in contested, GPS- and communications-denied environments. Its current site also presents Aechelon synthetic-reality simulation and Vision Systems detection and tracking products.
Skills
Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will own the X-BAT flight-control system across all flight phases. You will develop simulations, verification strategies, and control-allocation approaches; resolve simulation-to-flight gaps; support flight tests; integrate controls with vehicle systems; and mentor engineers.
Requirements
- 10+ years of flight-controls or GNC experience on real flight vehicles
- Experience designing control allocation for over-actuated systems
- Knowledge of flight dynamics, 6DOF simulation, control theory, and nonlinear systems
- Experience with full verification and validation cycles
- Proficiency in C++, MATLAB/Simulink, or Python
- Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. security clearance
Responsibilities
- Design and deliver flight-control systems across all phases of flight
- Develop control-allocation strategies for actuator redundancy, saturation, and degraded operations
- Lead high-fidelity 6DOF simulation development
- Define and execute verification strategies, analyses, testing, and HIL validation
- Diagnose and resolve simulation-to-flight mismatches
- Support flight-test operations and rapid iteration
- Integrate controls with propulsion, aerodynamics, actuation, sensors, state estimation, and autonomy
- Mentor engineers and set technical standards
Benefits
- Bonus
- Equity
- Benefits
- Temporary benefits package after 60 days of employment