Senior Staff Engineer Weapons Systems
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 define weapon-system behaviors, mission workflows, architectures, interfaces, and functional behaviors. You will lead integration of weapon, stores-management, and avionics systems, support lab, ground, and flight testing, and resolve integration issues through troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, and corrective actions.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in a related technical field
- 5+ years of military aerospace, mission systems, avionics, or weapon-systems integration experience
- Experience defining system behavior, operational concepts, activity diagrams, or functional architectures
- Familiarity with MIL-STD-1760 and MIL-STD-1553
- Systems engineering, troubleshooting, and cross-functional communication skills
Responsibilities
- Define weapon-system behaviors, operational sequences, and mission workflows
- Develop system architectures, activity diagrams, interface definitions, and functional behaviors
- Lead integration of weapon systems, stores management systems, and avionics interfaces
- Support lab, ground, and flight testing
- Perform troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, and corrective-action development
Benefits
- Bonus
- Benefits
- Equity