Staff Mission Systems Engineer Ranger
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 lead the architecture, requirements development, integration, and testing of aircraft mission systems, including payloads, avionics, and weapons. You will conduct trade studies, guide multidisciplinary teams, ensure certification compliance, manage technical maturity, and align requirements with customers, partners, and suppliers.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Aerospace Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a related field
- At least 7 years of relevant aerospace or defense experience, including 5 years in mission systems integration
- Experience with aircraft payloads, avionics, or weapons integration
- Experience with line-of-sight and beyond-line-of-sight aircraft communications systems and components
- Knowledge of MOSA, OMS, Government Reference Architectures, or modular avionics standards
- Ability to lead multidisciplinary teams and deliver complex systems to fielded capability
- Knowledge of systems engineering processes and the product development lifecycle
- Familiarity with DO-178C and DO-254 certification requirements
- Communication and technical briefing skills
- Active Secret clearance and ability to obtain Top Secret clearance
Responsibilities
- Lead system architecture, requirements development, and integration for payloads, avionics, and weapons
- Serve as a technical subject matter expert for mission systems engineering
- Drive trade studies and system-of-systems analysis
- Oversee hardware-in-the-loop and flight-test integration campaigns
- Ensure compliance with applicable airworthiness and certification standards
- Collaborate with program management to de-risk architectures and meet technical maturity gates
- Align system requirements and certifications with customers, partners, and suppliers
Benefits
- Bonus
- Benefits
- Equity