Shield AI
Staff Engineer, Modelling and Simulation (R6248)
San Diego, California · Staff · Full-time · Posted Oct 21, 2026
- Experience
- Typically 10 years related experience with a Bachelor’s degree; or 9 years with a Master’s degree; or 7 years with a PhD; or equivalent work experience.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree; or Master’s degree; or PhD; or equivalent work experience.
About the job
Build and lead the simulation platform used to test, train, and evaluate autonomous aircraft systems at scale.
What you'll do
- Integrate and develop simulators and standards; build reusable Monte Carlo infrastructure for large simulation campaigns.
- Develop multithreaded and multiprocess real-time simulation capabilities, and validate performance using physics models.
- Set technical direction, lead design reviews, mentor engineers, and work with autonomy, GNC, RTA, and field teams.
What they ask for
- Strong proficiency in C++ and experience maintaining production performance-critical software.
- Experience building and running multithreaded or multiprocess real-time aircraft-dynamics simulations.
- Experience developing Monte Carlo infrastructure and using it to design, execute, and analyze simulation campaigns.
- Experience with software or simulation under a defined V&V lifecycle; demonstrated technical leadership, mentoring, and cross-team collaboration.
Nice to have
- Airworthiness certification or safety assessment experience; Python skills for simulation tooling and analysis.
Tools
C++, Python, HLA, DIS, FMI/FMU, JSBSim, FlightGear, X-Plane
AI focus
Supports training and evaluation of autonomous AI pilots and simulation of closed-loop autonomy.
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