Mission Systems Engineer II
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 the design, integration, and validation of avionics, mission sensors, and payloads from concept through deployment. You will prototype solutions, conduct laboratory and flight-test activities, troubleshoot hardware and software failures, analyze data, and collaborate across engineering and manufacturing functions.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or a related STEM field
- 2–5 years of electrical system design, integration, testing, debugging, and repair experience
- Experience with test equipment, schematics, harness or wiring diagrams, and hardware/software debugging
- Experience on multidisciplinary hardware development projects
- Avionics, sensor, radio, mission-payload, or flight-computing integration
- Flight testing, field testing, or hardware-in-the-loop development
- Python or scripting
- Active Secret Security Clearance or ability to obtain one
- Hardware and software system development from concept through deployment
Responsibilities
- Support the design, integration, and validation of avionics, mission sensors, and payloads
- Collaborate with operators and stakeholders to prioritize system features
- Prototype and mature mission-system solutions using flight-test data
- Work across mechanical, electrical, firmware, networking, and onboard software interfaces
- Debug hardware, software, and integration failures
- Conduct bring-up, laboratory testing, HIL testing, and flight-test preparation
- Support flight operations and post-mission data analysis
- Use Python, MATLAB, or similar tools to analyze logs and automate tests
- Collaborate with engineering, flight-test, and manufacturing functions
- Improve system reliability, robustness, and mission performance
Benefits
- Bonus
- Benefits
- Equity
- Temporary benefits package after 60 days of employment