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Staff or Senior Staff Engineer

SHIELD

1 month ago

4.3 on Glassdoor

Dallas, Texas, United States

Onsite

Full Time

Senior

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About this role

This role involves taking full technical ownership of flight control actuation system design for a Group 5 UAV fighter aircraft, working from first principles to define requirements and drive qualified hardware from design through production. The position requires balancing technical rigor with rapid decision-making to efficiently transition concepts into operational capability within an accelerated development environment. The ideal candidate is motivated by solving complex problems and delivering meaningful capability to operators quickly.

Responsibilities

Define and own flight control actuation system requirements and verification traceability
Design and analyze control surface actuation systems including sizing and redundancy
Drive control law-actuator interface with Flight Controls and Vehicle Management Systems

Skills

Qualifications

B.S. in Mechanical EngineeringM.S. in Mechanical EngineeringB.S. in Aerospace EngineeringM.S. in Aerospace EngineeringActive Secret clearance

About SHIELD

shield.ai

Headquarters

San Diego, California, United States

Company Size

501-1000 employees

Founded

2015

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Shield AI is an AI-powered autonomy company building unmanned aerial systems and software to enable autonomous, safe operations in complex environments. It delivers AI-based perception, navigation, and control for drones, enabling missions with minimal human input. Serving defense, government, and enterprise customers, Shield AI combines hardware and software to scale autonomous flight and decision-making capabilities. Guided by the motto "Autonomy for the world," the company aims to deploy robust autonomous solutions globally.