Staff Engineer, Mission Systems - Fleet Support

Shield AI
Dallas
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeUSD 140,000 - 210,000 annuallyFunction: Transportation & Fleet OperationsExperience: 5+ yearsEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Communication","Customer-facing","Collaboration","Problem-solving"]

Senior Mission Systems Engineer responsible for acting as the mission systems SME for the Fleet Support team. You will own customer-facing engineering support for payload and transponder systems, diagnose payload and integration issues, troubleshoot external interfaces, and help introduce new mission capabilities to fielded fleets while coordinating with cross-functional teams.

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Shield AI
Shield AI
3 months ago

Staff Engineer, Mission Systems - Fleet Support

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Job Summary

Senior Mission Systems Engineer responsible for acting as the mission systems SME for the Fleet Support team. You will own customer-facing engineering support for payload and transponder systems, diagnose payload and integration issues, troubleshoot external interfaces, and help introduce new mission capabilities to fielded fleets while coordinating with cross-functional teams.
Location: Dallas
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Transportation & Fleet Operations
Seniority: Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Serve as the mission systems SME for Fleet Support and lead escalated investigations involving payloads, transponders, and externally connected mission systems.
  • •Diagnose payload integration and performance issues involving power, thermal behavior, compute, configuration, data interfaces, timing, and subsystem interoperability.
  • •Troubleshoot systems that communicate with external sources or provide data externally, including mission-data outputs, external interfaces, and system-to-system connectivity issues.
  • •Support the introduction of emerging technologies and new mission capabilities into the fielded fleet by identifying support risks, validation needs, and integration challenges.
  • •Work directly with customers, operators, and maintainers to understand mission impact, reproduce issues, and define corrective actions.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 140,000 - 210,000 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity

Key Requirements

  • •Bachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related discipline.
  • •5+ years of experience in payload integration, sensor integration, mission systems, avionics integration, or aircraft systems engineering.
  • •Experience troubleshooting complex systems that span hardware, software, networking, and operational workflows.
  • •Strong ability to move between high-level mission context and detailed subsystem investigation.
  • •Experience working across design, integration, test, and field-support environments.
Experience:5+ years
Education:Bachelor's
Skills:CommunicationCustomer-facingCollaborationProblem-solving
Tech Stack:Payload integrationAvionicsTranspondersEO/IRRFData interfacesInterfacesHardwareSoftwareTestFlight-test

Company Brief

Shield AI
Develops AI-powered autonomy and software for military aircraft and drones to enable autonomous ISR and combat missions, integrating perception, navigation, and mission planning for defense customers.
Industry: Defense Technology
Company Size: Large (251 to 1,000 employees)
Growth: Scaleup
Funding: Series E+
Headquarters: San Diego, United States
Founded: 2015
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