Staff Engineer, Aircraft Trajectory Modeling (R5787)
- On-site
- Full-time
- Senior
- Posted 3 days ago
- Listed here until Oct 25, 2026
- Security clearance required
$200K to $300K a year as published by the employer
Applications are completed on the employer's own site.
Summary
Design, develop, and integrate a safety critical Run-Time Assurance product for aircraft autonomy and intelligence.
About this role
Staff Engineer, Aircraft Trajectory Modeling (R5787)
Shield AI
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Location
San Diego, CA
Compensation
$200K – $300K
Experience
Senior
Workplace
On-site
Employment
Full-time
Posted
Sep 26, 2026
Job Description:
Shield AI is seeking a Staff Engineer to help design, develop, and integrate a safety critical Run-Time Assurance (RTA) product. The Hivemind Foundations team is responsible for a suite of core products and capabilities that brings resilient autonomy and intelligence to aircraft and other platforms operating in complex environments. The RTA product that the Foundations team develops is a real-time safety capability that helps keep autonomy safe, predictable, and effective at the edge.
As a senior member of the Hivemind Foundations team, you will lead applied trajectory prediction and aircraft-response modeling for the RTA. You will work at the boundary between safety logic, vehicle state, and autopilot or flight-control APIs, turning aircraft performance data, command-response assumptions, and test evidence into predictive models that guide safe recovery behavior. You will evolve Trajectory Prediction Algorithm (TPA) models, validate them with Python, simulation, HIL, and flight-test data, and partner with C/C++ engineers to deliver reliable software that can fly, including support for X-BAT, Shield AI's flagship Group 5 Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) UAV.
Skills named in this posting
- Python
- C/C++
- Trajectory Prediction
- Simulation
- HIL
- Flight-test data analysis
About Telemetry Today LLC
Telemetry Today LLC is a company based in Colorado.
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