Staff Systems Engineer

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🇺🇸 United States – Remote

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⚙️ Systems Engineer

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Shield AI

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501 - 1000 employees

Founded 2015

🤖 Artificial Intelligence

🚀 Aerospace

🎖️ Defense

Artificial Intelligence • Aerospace • Defense

Shield AI is a leading developer of AI-driven military solutions, focusing on enhancing mission autonomy and battlefield awareness. Their platform, Hivemind, enables rapid deployment of intelligent systems for various defense applications, including drone operation and surveillance. With a commitment to utilizing advanced technology, Shield AI aims to protect service members and civilians by revolutionizing defense technologies through autonomous systems.

📋 Description

• Design and refine system architecture for the next-generation UAS • Ensure integration of avionics, autonomy, propulsion, sensor payloads, and mission systems • Define and document system-level behavior, modes, states, transitions, and fault responses • Support FHA, FMEA, and FTA safety analyses • Establish top-level system requirements and decompose them into subsystems • Maintain requirements traceability across the development lifecycle • Integrate AI-driven flight control, decision-making, and mission execution capabilities • Use SysML, DOORS, or other MBSE tools to create digital system models • Conduct trade studies and optimize system performance • Evaluate design alternatives and technical risks • Engage DoD stakeholders, industry partners, and government agencies • Collaborate with hardware, autonomy, software, propulsion, and flight operations teams • Support flight testing and operational deployment of autonomous aircraft systems

🎯 Requirements

• Typically requires a minimum of 7 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree • Demonstrated experience defining system behavior logic and operational modes • Deep expertise in system architecture, avionics integration, and autonomy-driven flight systems • Proficiency in MBSE, DOORS, SysML, CAMEO, or similar system modeling tools • Experience with Group 4 or Group 5 UAS, military aircraft, or autonomous airborne platforms • Strong background in flight testing, system integration, and performance validation • Knowledge of DoD acquisition processes, MIL-STDs, FAA airworthiness certification, and airborne system safety standards • Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional teams and drive complex projects to successful completion • Ability to work in a fast-paced, agile development environment with shifting priorities • Worked on developmental program from clean sheet to first flight • Ability to obtain a S//SAR level security clearance desired • Experience developing AI-driven autonomy for unmanned aircraft preferred • Expertise in ISR, EW, and advanced sensor integration for airborne platforms preferred • Familiarity with MOSA and GRA for defense applications preferred • Prior experience working with defense primes, DoD stakeholders, or government R&D programs preferred • Active Secret or Top Secret clearance, or ability to obtain one, preferred • Active or eligibility to obtain a U.S. DoD Secret Security Clearance; U.S. Citizenship Required • Authorization to work in the United States

🏖️ Benefits

• Bonus • Benefits • Equity • Temporary benefits package applicable after 60 days of employment • Military fellows and part-time employees are not eligible for benefits

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