SA
$270,000 – $400,000
Listed on Shield AI’s own careers site. You apply with them directly — we never stand between you and the employer.
What this role is
Shield AI seeks an experienced state estimation engineer to design and deploy safety-critical navigation systems for autonomous aerospace platforms, supporting both traditional GNSS/IMU fusion and advanced multi-sensor approaches for GPS-denied environments. This role is for someone with deep expertise in navigation theory, proven aerospace systems implementation experience, and strong production software engineering skills.
Our summary, not Shield AI’s wording. The full posting is on their site.
What they ask for
Required
- Deep expertise in state estimation theory
- Practical experience implementing ownship navigation systems in aerospace
- Strong production-quality software development skills
- Design and implement unified navigation architecture supporting GNSS/IMU fusion
Nice to have
- Experience with all-source navigation strategies
- Experience with GPS-degraded and GPS-denied environment solutions
- Extensible architecture design for diverse sensing modalities