Staff Engineer, Mission Systems (R5893)
Shield AI · X-BAT Engineering - MEG
- Location
- Dallas, Texas · Boston, Massachusetts · Washington, D.C.
- Metro
- Dallas–Fort Worth, Boston, Washington, DC
- Workplace
- On-site
- Level
- Staff+
- Type
- Full-time
- Pay
- $180K–$260K/yr (published by employer)
- Posted
- 1 month ago
- Source
- Lever
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What the posting covers
About the company
Shield AI is a venture-backed defense-tech company with the mission of protecting service members and civilians with intelligent systems. Its products include Hivemind autonomy software, V-BAT and X-BAT aircraft, and Aechelon simulation and synthetic reality…
Job Description
This staff engineer for mission systems will serve as a senior technical leader responsible for the end-to-end engineering of mission systems on advanced next-gen unmanned aircraft, including payloads, communications, avionics, weapons, and associated support…
What You'll Do
Lead system architecture and requirements development and integration for payloads, avionics, and weapons integration Serve as a technical subject matter expert for mission systems engineering across the aircraft program Drive trade studies and…
Required Qualifications
B.S. in Aerospace Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related field 8+ years of relevant aerospace/defense experience, with at least 5 years in mission systems integration Demonstrated experience with aircraft payloads, avionics,…
Preferred Qualifications
Master’s or PhD in Aerospace, Systems, or Electrical Engineering Hands-on experience with flight test operations and mission system validation Direct experience integrating advanced sensors, autonomy, AI-enabled payloads, or guided weapons Background in…
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