Shield AI
Senior Engineer, Flight Test (R5371)
$110K–$170K
San Diego, California · On-site · Senior · Full-time · Posted Jul 21, 2026
- Experience
- Typically 5 years of related experience with a Bachelor's degree; or 4 years with a Master's degree; or equivalent work experience.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree; Master's degree as an alternative with 4 years of related experience; or equivalent work experience.
About the job
Leads system integration and flight testing to validate Hivemind autonomy, software integrations, and system performance across simulation, hardware, and real-world flight environments.
What you'll do
- Lead integration and flight-test campaigns, including test strategy, readiness decisions, risk management, and test conduct.
- Coordinate fly–fix–fly testing and maintain test infrastructure across simulation, SIL, HIL, ground, and flight environments.
- Analyze telemetry, logs, and system data to identify defects and root causes, document corrective actions, and report results.
What they ask for
- System integration and test experience in SIL, HIL, simulation, and flight-test environments.
- Strong communication, organization, problem-solving, and collaboration skills, including safety-of-flight processes, hazard analysis, and configuration control.
- FAA Part 107 Remote Pilot Certificate, or ability to obtain one within a reasonable timeframe.
Nice to have
- Familiarity with networking, Linux operating systems, radio communications, open-source flight controller software, sensor integration, or ROS logs.
- Experience with 3D prototyping, automated test tooling, validation frameworks, or data-analysis tools in CI/CD pipelines; modern software interfaces such as Codex and GitLab.
Pay
USD 110,000–170,000 (per-year-salary); base salary
Tools
SIL, HIL, Linux, Codex, GitLab, ROS, CI/CD
AI focus
Validates Hivemind Mission Autonomy and autonomous behaviors through system integration and flight testing.
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