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 (V-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.

The State Estimation team at Shield AI is responsible for research, design and development of methodologies to enable precise and robust estimation of the state of autonomous systems and state of the objects in the operating environment. The capabilities developed by the team enable operation of autonomous aerial vehicles in diverse and challenging environments.

As a State Estimation Functional Team Lead, you will build out the team and drive the technical roadmap that governs development of state estimation capabilities. You will lead, mentor, and work closely with talented engineers to define future generations of Shield AI products by enabling autonomous operation of aircrafts in dynamic and challenging environments.

In this role, you will collaborate closely with a variety of different engineering disciplines including Planning and Controls, Mechanical, Embedded, and Simulation to push the state of the art for autonomous systems. You will lead the development of agent and object state estimation capabilities to enable autonomy on medium-size VTOL aircrafts as well as large fighter jets.

Total package details:

Regular employee positions: Salary within range listed above Bonus Benefits Equity (if applicable)

Temporary employee positions: Hourly within range listed above temporary benefits package (applicable after 60 days of employment)

*Interns/Military Fellows/Part-time not eligible for bonus, benefits or equity

Actual compensation is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, licenses and certifications, and specific work location. All offers are contingent on a cleared background check.

If you're interested in being part of our team, apply now!

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