Senior C Engineering (R4255)

About Shield AI

Founded in 2015, Shield AI is a venture-backed deep-tech company with the mission of protecting service members and civilians with intelligent systems. Its products include the V-BAT and X-BAT aircraft, Hivemind Enterprise, and the Hivemind Vision product lines. With nine offices and facilities across the U.S., Europe, the Middle East, and the Asia-Pacific, Shield AI’s technology actively supports operations worldwide.

Job Summary

As the Guidance and Controls Senior Manager, you will be responsible for leading the G&C team to develop high quality, reliable flight control laws for the VABT and XBAT programs. The GNC team focuses on researching and developing state-of-the-art algorithms that drive high-performance flight for the VBAT and XBAT, both vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft.

Key Responsibilities

• Build and train a team of G&C experts to build and maintain the VBAT and XBAT platforms
• Design, develop, and optimize flight control systems for a family of advanced unmanned VTOL vehicles
• Execute simulations and real-world tests of VTOL vehicles
• Extract linear aircraft state space models from nonlinear models
• Update system models leveraging system identification techniques, both offline and online
• Root-cause, triage, and resolve flight control system defects
• Design and implement a best in class test, simulation, and validation infrastructure
• Work with hardware teams to design and select servos, propulsion systems, inertial navigation systems, air data units, vision-based navigation systems, etc.

Required Qualifications

• Minimum of 10 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Aerospace, or Electrical Engineering (or related field); or 6 years and a Master’s degree; or 4 years with a PhD; or equivalent work experience
• Engineering with a focus on Control Systems
• Experience tuning and optimizing control systems in simulation and real-world for stability and performance