Senior Engineer Flight Test
Shield AI is a U.S. defense-technology company developing mission-autonomy software and autonomous aircraft for military and allied operations.
Funding history
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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 develop and execute flight-test plans, procedures, risk assessments, and readiness reviews. You will support aircraft-system integration, coordinate flight operations, collect and analyze test data, troubleshoot issues, document results, maintain system readiness, and travel to test sites and customer locations as needed.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in a STEM field
- 5+ years of experience in ground and flight test, aircraft systems, aircraft integration, or aerospace systems engineering
- Understanding of aircraft systems, flight dynamics, avionics, telemetry, sensors, or control systems
- Ability to write and execute structured test plans, procedures, and reports
- Troubleshooting skills in field or laboratory environments
- Willingness to travel and work in outdoor or test-range environments
- Willingness to provide overtime and weekend coverage
- U.S. citizenship and an active in-scope Secret clearance required to start
Responsibilities
- Develop, publish, and execute flight-test plans, procedures, risk assessments, and readiness reviews
- Support integration and testing of aircraft systems, payloads, communications links, software, and ground-control systems
- Lead pre-flight, flight, and post-flight activities
- Analyze ground and flight-test data to identify trends, anomalies, root causes, and corrective actions
- Coordinate with engineering teams to validate requirements and resolve issues
- Lead or support test-range operations, safety briefings, go or no-go decisions, and logistics
- Document test results, lessons learned, anomalies, and recommendations
- Support aircraft maintenance, configuration control, and system readiness
- Improve flight-test processes, tools, data workflows, and operational efficiency
- Maintain ground and air operating limitations requirements
- Travel to test sites, customer locations, and field exercises
Benefits
- Bonus
- Benefits
- Equity