Senior Engineer, Radar Modeling & Simulation (Dallas/San Diego)

Founded in 2015, Shield AI is a venture-backed defense-tech company with the mission of protecting service members and civilians with intelligent systems. Its products include Hivemind autonomy software and V-BAT and X-BAT aircraft. With offices and facilities across the U.S., Europe, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific, Shield AI's technology actively supports operations worldwide. For more information, visit Follow Shield AI on LinkedIn, X, Instagram, and YouTube.


JOB DESCRIPTION:

The Software Integration & Operations (SIO) group turns frontier autonomy into mission-ready aircraft. We own the commit-to-flight pipeline-deterministic aircraft and mission simulation, HIL/VIL integration, CI/CD, automated flight qualification testing, and release engineering. Our goal is simple: make AI fly-safely, repeatably, and fast.


As a Modeling & Simulation Engineer, you will be responsible for improving and adding to our sensor and communications model suite so that our operator training and internal engineering pipelines have a seamless translation from sim to real results.


What You'll Do

• Develop and enhance radar sensor models for use in simulation and evaluation of aeronautical vehicles.
• Translate theoretical models into efficient, reliable C++ implementations with a focus on numerical accuracy and performance.
• Validate models against real-world data and authoritative references, including field test data and calibration procedures.
• Collaborate with simulation and training application teams to ensure models integrate cleanly into operator-facing tools.
• Design automated validation and regression testing strategies for mathematical models to ensure fidelity across releases.
• Prototype and evaluate new modeling techniques (reduced-order models, uncertainty quantification, machine learning-based surrogates) to push the state of the art.
• Document assumptions, equations, and validation results so that both engineers and operators can trust model outputs.

Required Qualifications

• BS or higher in Aerospace Engineering, Applied Math, Physics, or related field with 5+ years of aerospace modeling experience.
• C++ foundation with experience implementing numerical methods.
• Demonstrated experience with aerospace models such as: Radar sensors, Radio communications systems
• Experience validating simulations against real-world or experimental data.
• Ability to write clear documentation explaining assumptions, limitations, and expected behaviors of models.
• Ability to obtain a S//SAR level security clearance desired.

Preferred Qualifications

• 1+ years of experience working on pilot/operator training systems.
• Experience with Eigen or SciPy for model prototyping and validation.
• Familiarity with state estimation sensor models (GPS, IMU, Gyro, etc) for simulation environments.
• Demonstrated experience with payload sensor models including: Laser senros, IR and optical cameras
• Knowledge of uncertainty quantification and statistical analysis methods.
• Experience with parallelization or GPU acceleration for compute-heavy models.
• Strong problem-solving mindset with a collaborative and detail-oriented approach.
• Familiarity with Python for test automation and data analysis pipelines.
• Passion for aerospace and autonomous vehicle systems.

$105,000 - $200,000 a year

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Full-time regular employee offer package:

Pay within range listed + Bonus + Benefits + Equity

Temporary employee offer package:

Pay within range listed above + temporary benefits package (applicable after 60 days of employment)

Salary 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 and possible reference check. Military fellows and part-time employees are not eligible for benefits. Please speak to your talent acquisition representative for more information.

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