Senior Staff Engineer, UxS Integration and Systems (R5507)

Shield AI
San Diego
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeUSD 170,000 - 250,000 annuallyFunction: Solutions Engineering & Sales EngineeringExperience: 10+ yearsSkills: ["Technical judgment","Problem-solving","Debugging","Leadership through influence","Calm execution"]

Serve as a senior technical focal point for integrating and validating Hivemind on representative unmanned systems—from benchtop bring-up through hardware-in-the-loop, live-vehicle, and flight-test readiness. Lead hands-on troubleshooting across autonomy software, embedded hardware, flight controllers, communications, networking, radios, sensors, and operator workflows. Partner across engineering, test, product, operations, field teams, and customers to define readiness criteria, produce high-quality evidence, and share lessons learned.

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Senior Staff Engineer, UxS Integration and Systems (R5507)

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Job Summary

Serve as a senior technical focal point for integrating and validating Hivemind on representative unmanned systems—from benchtop bring-up through hardware-in-the-loop, live-vehicle, and flight-test readiness. Lead hands-on troubleshooting across autonomy software, embedded hardware, flight controllers, communications, networking, radios, sensors, and operator workflows. Partner across engineering, test, product, operations, field teams, and customers to define readiness criteria, produce high-quality evidence, and share lessons learned.
Location: San Diego
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Solutions Engineering & Sales Engineering
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Serve as the senior technical authority for Hivemind systems integration and test readiness across unmanned aircraft, robotic systems, representative test vehicles, onboard compute, radios, sensors, payloads, and ground equipment.
  • •Lead hands-on integration and troubleshooting across autonomy software, hardware, flight controllers, communications, networking, operator interfaces, and field operations.
  • •Partner with engineering, test, product, operations, field, and customer-facing teams to evaluate new platforms and support Hivemind development, validation, training, demonstrations, and customer objectives.
  • •Take systems from early concept/benchtop integration through representative test, field execution, and operationally relevant demonstrations.
  • •Define readiness criteria and support test planning/execution across simulated, hardware-in-the-loop, live-vehicle, and flight-test environments; mentor engineers and operators on practical autonomy test execution.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 170,000 - 250,000 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity

Key Requirements

  • •10+ years integrating UxS/UAS systems, robotics hardware, autonomy test operations, flight test, field engineering, or similar hands-on roles.
  • •Lead complex integration across hardware, software, autonomy, networking, communications, sensors, and operational test environments.
  • •Bring up, configure, operate, and troubleshoot unmanned systems, onboard compute, flight controllers, radios, sensors, ground stations, and test equipment.
  • •Working knowledge of Linux, embedded systems, networking, system configuration, data collection, logs, services, and field diagnostics.
  • •Experience with unmanned-systems autopilot/flight-control ecosystems such as PX4, ArduPilot, MAVLink, Pixhawk/Cube-class controllers, QGroundControl, Mission Planner (or equivalent).
Experience:10+ yearsDefense techUASRoboticsAutonomyFlight testingEmbedded systems
Skills:Technical judgmentProblem-solvingDebuggingLeadership through influenceCalm execution
Licenses:FAA Part 107Private pilot license
Tech Stack:LinuxPX4ArduPilotMAVLinkPixhawkCube-class flight controllersQGroundControlMission PlannerPythonBashMATLABNVIDIA JetsonSystemdContainersC++RF/radioMesh networkingSoftware-defined radiosEO/IR camerasGimbals

Eligibility

Nationality:US National
Security Clearance:Secret

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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