Shieldai
Principal State Estimation Engineer (R4602)
Dallas, Texasfull timeunspecifiedgovernment$275k–$350k/yr
State Estimation — Sensor Fusion — Kalman Filtering — C++ — MATLAB — Control Systems — Autonomous Systems — GNC (Guidance, Navigation, Control)
Description
Founded in 2015, Shield AI is a venture-backed defense technology company whose mission is to protect service members and civilians with intelligent systems. In pursuit of this mission, Shield AI is building the world’s best AI pilot. Its AI pilot, Hivemind, has flown a fighter jet (F-16), a vertical takeoff and landing drone (X-BAT), and a quadcopter (Nova). The company has offices in San Diego, Dallas, Washington DC and abroad. Shield AI’s products and people are currently in the field actively supporting operations with the U.S. Department of Defense and U.S. allies. As a State Estimation Engineer, you will work on the GNC team to develop and optimize algorithms that process and fuse data from various sensors to provide accurate, reliable state estimates, enabling the X-BAT to operate autonomously in complex and contested environments.