Flight Test Engineer I
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 support planning and execution of Hivemind autonomy integration tests on unmanned platforms. You will develop test procedures, configure test environments, collect and analyze evidence, document defects, maintain infrastructure, and follow safety and configuration-management procedures during laboratory, simulation, integration, and flight-test work.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in a STEM discipline or equivalent practical experience
- Experience with engineering test, integration, troubleshooting, or verification activities
- Knowledge of systems engineering, verification, validation, test procedures, configuration management, defect tracking, and technical documentation
- Familiarity with Linux, Windows, command-line tools, networking, or Python, Bash, or C++
- Analytical and troubleshooting skills
- Written and verbal technical communication skills
- Ability to travel periodically
Responsibilities
- Support test planning and execution for Hivemind autonomy integration
- Develop and maintain test procedures, test cases, checklists, and configurations
- Configure and troubleshoot SIL, HIL, simulation, laboratory, and automated test environments
- Install and verify test hardware, software, networks, sensors, radios, and computing systems
- Collect and organize test data, telemetry, logs, video, and configuration information
- Analyze test results, document defects, and support root-cause investigations
- Maintain test infrastructure, test automation, simulation tools, and repeatable configurations
- Create test reports, dashboards, procedures, and configuration-control records
- Follow safety, security, configuration-management, and operational procedures
- Travel to test sites, customer locations, and integration events as needed
Benefits
- Bonus
- Benefits
- Equity
