Shield AI
State Estimation Engineer (R4602)
$200K–$345K
Dallas, Texas +1 · On-site · Full-time · Posted Oct 17, 2025
- Location
- Dallas, Texas
Seattle, Washington - Experience
- 7 years with a Bachelor’s degree; or 6 years with a Master’s degree; or 4 years with a PhD; or equivalent work experience.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree, Master’s degree, or PhD, with the stated experience alternatives; equivalent work experience is also accepted.
About the job
Develops and validates sensor-fusion and state-estimation algorithms that enable the X-BAT to operate autonomously in complex environments.
What you'll do
- Develop sensor algorithms and real-time processing pipelines for data from multiple sensors.
- Integrate sensor data to improve state-estimation accuracy and robustness.
- Collaborate on algorithm integration and conduct experiments and field tests to validate performance.
What they ask for
- Experience developing and deploying real-time sensor-processing algorithms.
- Knowledge of state-estimation techniques such as Kalman filters and particle filters.
- Experience with C++ 11 or newer and Linux.
- Ability to obtain a S//SAR level security clearance.
Nice to have
- Experience implementing inertial navigation algorithms on real-time systems; knowledge of computer vision.
- Experience optimizing algorithms for compute-constrained systems or using CUDA or other hardware acceleration technologies (e.g. FPGAs).
Pay
USD 200,000–345,000 per-year-salary (base salary)
Tools
IMUs, radar, cameras, GPS, Kalman filters, particle filters, C++ 11, Linux
AI focus
State estimation supports the X-BAT’s autonomous operation; the posting does not describe developing AI models.
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