Shield AI
Staff Engineer, Mission Systems (R5893)
Seattle, Washington · Staff · Full-time · Posted Oct 16, 2026
- Experience
- Typically at least 7 years of relevant Aerospace/defense experience, with at least 5 years in mission systems integration.
- Education
- B.S. in Aerospace Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related field.
About the job
Leads end-to-end engineering of unmanned-aircraft mission systems, from architecture and requirements through integration, flight testing, and fielding.
What you'll do
- Develop mission-system architectures and requirements, and integrate payloads, avionics, and weapons.
- Lead trade studies and oversee system integration and testing, from hardware-in-the-loop through flight test.
- Ensure compliance with applicable standards and coordinate with program teams, customers, partners, and suppliers.
What they ask for
- B.S. in Aerospace Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a related field.
- Typically at least 7 years of relevant aerospace/defense experience, including at least 5 years in mission systems integration.
- Experience integrating aircraft payloads, avionics, and/or weapons, and with line-of-sight and beyond-line-of-sight aircraft communications systems and components.
- Active Secret clearance and ability to obtain a Top-Secret clearance.
Nice to have
- Master’s or PhD in Aerospace, Systems, or Electrical Engineering.
- Experience with flight test operations, mission-system validation, advanced sensors, autonomy, AI-enabled payloads, guided weapons, MBSE, or SysML tools.
Tools
MIL-HDBK-516C, DO-178C, DO-254, HIL, MOSA, OMS, GRA, SysML
AI focus
Preferred experience includes integrating autonomy and AI-enabled payloads.
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